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Dec 27, 1982 Vol. 18 No. 26

Royal Bride

December 27, 1982

Cover Story

Royal Bride

Diana, the Princess of Wales, May Have Those Newlywed Blues, but She's Still Britain's Darling and one of PEOPLE's Most Intriguing

Pg. 54

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Table of Contents

Articles

Editor's Memo

Pg. 9

Ronald Reagan Midterm

The President Is Still Going Strong at Halftime

Pg. 28

Joan Jett

Rock's Latest Leading Lady Earns Her Stripes with a Hard Look and a Hit Song

Pg. 32

Ariel Sharon

Stung by Backlash from the Beirut Massacre, a Defiant Warrior Battles on

Pg. 34

Princess Stephanie

Numbed by Her Mother's Death, a Sorrowing Teenager Has Lost Her Zest for Life

Pg. 36

Jessica Lange

A Talented Beauty Gets That Monkey Off Her Back with Two Major Films

Pg. 38

Herschel Walker

Forget the Heisman—Georgia's Got the Trophy That Counts: the Best Back in Football, Bar None

Pg. 40

Larry Gelbart

After 10 Years, M*A*S*H Departs, but the Man Who Wrote the Show Has a Wacky New Hit Called Tootsie

Pg. 42

Margaret Thatcher

With Churchill to Inspire Her, a Dogged Prime Minister Triumphs in a Nasty Little War

Pg. 46

Dr. William Devries

A Surgeon Touches the Soul with a New Machine

Pg. 48

Yuri Andropov

Emerging from the Shadows of the Soviet K.G.B., a Master Spy Takes Over Brezhnev's Kremlin

Pg. 56

George Wallace

Politically Recast as a Friend of Blacks, He Sought Their Votes and Forgiveness—and Got Both

Pg. 59

Paolo Rossi

A Handsome Soccer Hero Leads Italy to the World Cup and Wins Back the Hearts of His Countrymen

Pg. 60

Randall Forsberg

A Massachusetts Scholar Sounds the Nationwide Call to (Freeze) Arms

Pg. 62

Norma Kamali

Wowing Seventh Avenue Has Been No Sweat for Fashion's Greta Garbo

Pg. 66

E.T.

Short on Looks (but Not Loving Fans), An Alien Finds His Home in Hollywood

Pg. 68

Richard Gere

Officer Makes a Star, If Not Quite a Gentleman, Out of a Movie Maverick

Pg. 72

Sam Knox

An Authority on the Scourge of the Sexes Offers Some Consoling Facts to Legions of Victims

Pg. 75

Andrew Lloyd Webber

From the Bible to Back Alleys, Broadway's Hottest Composer Strikes All the Right Notes

Pg. 76

Evelyn Waugh

A Curmudgeon's Elegy for England's Upper Crust Becomes the Television Event of '82

Pg. 78

Barbra Streisand

At 40, the Brooklyn Songbird Returns to the Old World to Conquer a New One: Directing

Pg. 82

Ted Koppel

A Clear-Eyed Newshawk Surveys War and Peace and Revolutionizes Night-Owl Journalism

Pg. 84

Kiri Te Kanawa

New Zealand's Diva Hits the Top in Opera and Wins a Title by Acting Nothing Like a Dame

Pg. 90

Sun Myung Moon

Obedience to the Law of Diminishing Returns May Cost This Little King 18 Months Away from His Countinghouse

Pg. 92

Paul Newman

The Verdict Is In: a Risky Role May Win Blue Eyes That Elusive Oscar Gold

Pg. 95

A Slightly Wistful Salute to Those (Including Ourselves) Who Were Found Wanting in 1982

Pg. 98

The Takeover Didn't Take, but Bill Agee and Mary Cunningham Made One Merger That Works

Pg. 102

Life Swirls on for '82 Story Subjects

Hearst, Heller, Hiccupper, House, Hound and Hitter Face Capricious Times with Hurrahs and Harrumphs

Pg. 106

Do These People Ever Work?

Travels with Farrah and Ryan, or Around the World in 80 Soirées

Pg. 118

How to Tell a Real Woman

Pg. 120

The Spanish Sinatra Hits America, and Chris Cross Turns Another Page

Pg. 128

With a Leg Up at 20, Baryshnikov's Susan Jaffe Is a Shoe-in for Ballet Stardom

Pg. 132

For Riches, Glory and a Place in the Record Books, Five Champions Will Be Aiming Higher Next Year

Pg. 135

Psycho' Goes Home, Supie Gets a New Sweetie, 007 Sees Double and the Jedi Take Revenge

Pg. 138

Now That Fit Is It, No One Shapes Up Better Than French Designer Azzedine Alaïa

Pg. 142

Princess Grace, the Beaver's Return and a Soul-Ful Casablanca Foster Hopes for a Dickens of a Season

Pg. 145

Beard Forks Up Pasta, Prince Charles' Valet Unzips the Palace, and Mailer Digs into Egypt

Pg. 149

Here's Looking at You, Kids

In a Banner Year for Newborns, People Takes a Peek at Some Proud Parents and the Class Of—That's Right—2000

Pg. 155

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