On the Cover 88
Phil Donahue is savvy and cuddly, and his issue-oriented talk show has won the hearts of American women like nothing since disposable diapers
Up Front 26
Eunice Shriver could be the Kennedy to solve Ted's 1980 "Joan problem"
Mexico's black tide, warns oil spill expert Dr. Roy Hann, may be just the beginning
His sorrow behind him, Robert Plant unleashes the thunder of Led Zeppelin
Marvin Mitchelson—star of the Dylan, Marvin and Jagger legal battles—is hitting Adnan Khashoggi for $2 billion
Crime 39
Rape authority Susan Brownmiller launches a new crusade against pornography
Winners 43
George Plimpton may be a pyrotechnic maniac, but he lit up the sky in Monte Carlo
Couples 47
What happened to the documentary makers behind the Loud family? Alan and Susan Raymond didn't split
On the Move 57
Tim Matheson, who scores as John Belushi's Animal House pal, now ranges from Walt Disney to Steven Spielberg
In His Own Words 63
What do Kleenex, a $2,000 Galanos gown and a Bic lighter have in common? They're the best, says Stanley Marcus of Neiman-Marcus
On Stage 69
Gilda Radner headlines on Broadway, and Hollywood with Robin Williams could be next
Happy 73
Histrionic lawyer Ken Hur goes showbiz to advertise his cut-rate briefs
Arts 77
With Glynn Ross as Ring-master, Seattle Opera makes Wagner a box office smash
Jocks 82
Baseball's Lou Brock and Carl Yastrzemski add to their legends
Medics 84
Dr. Elizabeth Whelan defends saccharin, nitrites and other endangered substances
In Trouble 86
The Aga Khan may be a religious leader, but Okie Wayne Murty calls him a horse thief
To the Top 94
In the strenuous Iron Man competition, Lyn LeMaire proves she's a woman of steel
For a Song 99
C&W's Hoyt Axton says the corporate enemy is not the oil but the record industry
Inventors 105
John and Mary Glifa built a better dog wash, and the world beat a path to Akron
Out of the Pages 106
Joan Collins' sexy writer sister Jackie is Britain's answer to Jacqueline Susann
Mail 4
People Picks & Pans 10
Diff'rent Strokes' Charlotte Rae tries a new series; Taxi's Andy Kaufman gets his own special; and Mister Rogers is back
Albert Goldman's compendium Grass Roots is about the kind you smoke, not cut
James Brown is The Original Disco Man
Brooke Shields and George Burns team in Just You and Me, Kid
Einstein, Picasso, DiMaggio and the anonymous faces of World War II are part of "Life: The First Decade"
Star Tracks 53
Brigitte Bardot suns with her son
Why Billy Carter is watching his step
Joe Namath's onstage squeeze play
Bruce Springsteen is Rachel Sweet's treat
Lou Ferrigno gets incredibly looped
People Puzzle 103
Chatter 108
Your Reaction



















