December 19, 1983

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Animal Magnetism

Olivia Newton-John Bets on a Sexy New Image with the Help of Two of a Kind Pal John Travolta

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Long Live These Chocolate Chips

What Are the Tastiest Chocolate Chip Cookies in the Land? Our Panel of Experts Munched Its Way to a Sweet Decision

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Syria's Ailing Hafez Assad Is Still the 'Lion' the U.S. Must Reckon with in the Middle East

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A Glittering Rock Reunion Becomes the Best of Get-Well Gifts for Guitarist Ronnie Lane

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It's No Stretch to Say That Miami's Dan Marino Is the Top Rookie Quarterback in the NFL

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The Famous Turn Out for (and Some Are Turned Off By) the Bicoastal Previews of Al Pacino's Bloody Scarface

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Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart Have Sweet Dreams to Make Eurythmics a Household Word

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Cookies and Corpses Get Equal Time in Virginia Rich's Delicious Whodunits

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Barbara Matusow Focused on TV's Anchors and Found Plenty of Faults Lay in the Stars

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Beth Lutsch Was Born with 'Bum Legs,' So Her Dad Built Her a New Set of Wheels

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In Los Angeles, There's One Street the Weird, the Famous and the Well-Heeled All Love

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Philip Roth

Portnoy's Creator Would Like It Known: His Books Are Novels, Not Confessionals

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Two Thousand Years Later, the World Takes Its First Look at King Philip II of Macedonia

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Once Upon a Time, These Historians Say, America's Motto Was 'in Booze We Trust'

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Talk About a Local Boy Making Good! Sam Walton, the King of Wal-Mart, Is America's Second-Richest Man

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Ask Goldilocks: in Toy Stores This Xmas, It's a Bear Market

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Stars' Silly Faces: Whose Is Best?

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Animal Magnetism

Olivia Newton-John Bets on a Sexy New Image with the Help of Two of a Kind Pal John Travolta

Table of Contents

Stars' Silly Faces: Whose Is Best?

Pam: Malibu's Most Flaunted

Kellan's Hot Shot

Brad's Tokyo Drift

5 Funniest Moments from Daytime TV

Usher Has a Sing-A-Long

Mya Proves She's a Dancing Queen