On the Cover 34
Linda Ronstadt and Jerry Brown come back from Africa with their relationship—and his political future—more beclouded than ever
Up Front 38
Will Margaret Thatcher become Europe's first female head of government?
Cher gets drawn into a tragic child-custody fight in New York
She lived the script for Norma Rae, but the new hit film has brought little joy for Crystal Lee Sutton
Arts 47
Dynamic museum director Marvin Sadik vies with Ted Kennedy over George Washington
Spirit 51
Father David Hennessy has a heavenly mission to the Greatest Show on Earth
Off the Screen 54
Soap star Gil Gerard stops playing Doctor for a spacier vehicle—Buck Rogers
In Her Own Words 60
Criminologist Janet Barkas argues that crime victims are a forgotten minority
To the Top 65
Playing Folger's Mrs. Olson is a welcome grind for veteran actress Virginia Christine
On the Move 69
Will time tame Paul Rodgers of Bad Company, the last wild man of British rock?
In Style 75
Quilt salesman Bruce Mann takes his patchwork on the road
Out of the Pages 82
Bruce Jay Friedman writes an Rx for Lonely Guys, among whom he includes Jackie O
Bio 87
Still the hottest ticket in Vegas, Wayne Newton is king of the Strip
Jocks 93
Arty and unorthodox, triple jumper Milan Tiff thinks he can win an Olympic gold medal
On Stage 98
Michael McGiveney leaps into costumes faster than Superman in a phone booth
Winners 101
For the first time, the old man on a Coast Guard cutter is a woman, Beverly Kelley
Medics 107
Dr. Alvin Mauer and Danny Thomas fight children's leukemia at St. Jude Hospital
In the Money 111
Logger Efrem Specogna strikes gold in some western Canadian hills
Lookout 116
Model Kerry Harper
Yale Student Tech founder Tim Gollin
Sequel 119
Susan B. Anthony II first conquered and now lectures against alcoholism
Couples 129
Richard Bonynge is a willing Svengali to his diva wife, Joan Sutherland
Mail 4
People Picks & Pans 18
Chris Sarandon and Lee Grant prove poignantly You Can't Go Home Again
New Hollywood biographies chronicle the lives of Paul Newman, Alan Ladd, Gene Tierney and John Ford
George Benson and Porter Wagoner are back at us with strong LPs; Art Garfunkel isn't
The Champ's maudlin sentiment and Ricky Schroder KO Jon Voight and Faye Dunaway
Star Tracks 79
Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller hook up
Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne is bikini-ed
Studio 54's Steve Rubell goes to jail
Melba Moore refloats her career
Tahiti loves John Travolta
People Puzzle 114
Chatter 132
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