Cold dark matter resuscitated?

The Cold Dark Matter (CDM) model has an elegant simplicitly which makes itvery predictive, but when its parameters are fixed at their `canonical' valuesits predictions are in conflict with observational data. There is, however,much leeway in the initial conditions within the CDM framework. We advocate are-examination of the CDM model, taking into account modest variation ofparameters from their canonical values. We find that CDM models with$n=0.8$--0.9 and $h=0.45$--0.50 can fit the available data. Our ``best fit''CDM model has $n=0.9$, $h=0.45$ and $C_2^{T}/C_2^{S}=0.7$. We discuss thecurrent state of observations which could definitely rule out this model.