July 05, 1976

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No Laughing Matter

TV Actress Louise Lasser Entertained America as 'Mary Hartman,' but the Laughter Stopped After Her Meltdown

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Age Cannot Wither the Spirit of Princess Alice, Who Has Lived Half the Country's History

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Casting Pearl Before Fine Actors: Caan and Gould Fancy Themselves Ballplayers

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Surrounded by Remembrances of Flings Past, Bernie Cornfeld Takes a Bride, and Baby Makes Three

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In Six Hectic Days, She'll Visit Eight Cities in Seven States—God Save the Queen

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To the New Generation of Skateboarders, Frank Nasworthy Is Mr. Wheels

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Is There Life on Mars? Two Space Experts Work and Worry to Provide An Answer

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The L.B.J. Book, Tenure, Her First Child: Doris Kearns Plays a Tranquil Waiting Game

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Can a Liberated Woman Stand the Heat in the Kitchen? Dick and Uli Bock Chorus 'Yes'

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High on a Windy (Capitol) Hill, Rep. McDonald Sets a Congressional Record for Extending His Remarks

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Brahmin Rocker Andy Pratt Returns from the Flip Side with a Message: 'All You Need Is Love'

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If a Patient Has a Problem, See the Whole Family—So Says Therapist Lynn Hoffman

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British Theater Had Its Angry Young Men—Off-broadway Savors Its First Furious Woman, Ntozake Shange

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From Out of the Frying Pan, Sausage King Jimmy Dean Cooks Up a Sizzling 'I.O.U.'

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An Olympic Strongman Lifts Boys to a Better Life

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Some of the World's Great Surgeons Gather to Honor the Man Who Taught Them How

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2001: A Space Odyssey

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No Laughing Matter

TV Actress Louise Lasser Entertained America as 'Mary Hartman,' but the Laughter Stopped After Her Meltdown

Table of Contents

2001: A Space Odyssey

Joe Aims High

Katherine's Birthday Girl

J.Lo's Sound Check

5 Funniest Moments from Daytime TV

David Beckham's Boys Day Out

Tim McGraw Bares His Sexy Arms