Mail 6
Picks & Pans 13
Celebs check out the year's best and worst movies, books, records and TV shows; then the Editors get in their licks
The 25 Most Intriguing People of 1979 32
Rosalynn Carter talks about power, family troubles and life with Jimmy
Defector Aleksandr Godunov can't get his U.S. ballet career off the ground
Lawyer Marvin Mitchelson proves "palimony" legal
Hollywood's got sex symbol Bo Derek's number—it's "10"
Lee Iacocca struggles to get Chrysler in gear
Sly Stallone comes off the canvas for the biggest movie purse of the year, Rocky II
Out of hiding and back in Manhattan, Megan Marshack is working again
Mani Said al-Otaiba keeps OPEC's price-setting machinery well oiled in a turbulent year
Campaigning is sobering for Joan Kennedy
Johnny Carson tells NBC he might not be back after this message
The Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran's vengeful holy man, holds America hostage
Writer Tom Wolfe barbecues a new sacred cow, the U.S. astronaut
Impassioned as ever, Joan Baez fights for a new cause—the Asian refugees
Sebastian Coe can run, and he can hide too
In jeans, Gloria Vanderbilt is a winner, bottoms up
Arizona's scientist Gov. Bruce Babbitt says nukes are a risk that must be taken (temporarily)
Meryl Streep brings new distinction to acting
"Pop" goes Pittsburgh thanks to Willie Stargell, the most dignified ballplayer since DiMag
The pilgrim Pope, John Paul II, brings a message that not everyone is anxious to hear
Fed Chairman Paul Volcker tightens the national purse string
Jesse Jackson makes some curious friends in the PLO and some bitter new enemies
Blues Brother Dan Aykroyd dumps Saturday Night Live for a new shtik: flicks
Margaret Thatcher, the world's most important woman, gives Britain a dose of her iron will
William Webster is the FBI's new top cop
Deborah Harry puts Blondie's punk-funk into the Top 40
Visual Puns 98
Graphic artist Elliott Negin plays games with names in the news—from Einstein to Elizabeth Taylor
Sequel 103
Updating some PEOPLE people of '79, we find Miss America is a Mrs., Lee Radziwill isn't, and Carol Burnett's daughter is making headway against drugs
Couples 113
A surprising survey of the 292 Couples who've appeared in PEOPLE since 1974 finds that it's possible to be famous, talented and happily mated
Gallery 120
Celebrities like Gina Lollobrigida, Stanley Marcus, Charlotte Rampling, Rauschenberg and Governor Busbee display their favorite photos
Losers 126
Steve Rubell may trade the disco floor for the slammer—and Princess Margaret, Farrah Fawcett and Pierre Elliott Trudeau didn't fare so well this year either
Forecast '80s 128
Predictions about the '80s are coming left and right: Here Ken Galbraith and Bill Buckley take their turns
Personalities to Watch 132
Jocks: From Tracee Talavera, 13, to Al Oerter, 42, American athletes prepare for the 1980 Olympics
Screen: Steve McQueen bounces back; Olivia Newton-John gets a new partner named Gene Kelly; Star Wars strikes again
Tube: As the networks contemplate reshuffling their anchor teams, the media-watchers are bullish on Dan Rather and Peter Jennings and bearish on Tom Snyder and Jessica Savitch
Style: In Paris fashion Claude Montana is shoulders ahead
Pages: Gay Talese goes all the way in his study of U.S. sex; Susan Strasberg kissed and tells about Burton and Beatty; John LeCarré finishes off Smiley, or at least his trilogy
Song: Bob Seger dives into the New Wave; and Ellen Foley is a rockin' rookie
Women Veeps? 153
Shirley Temple for Vice-President? She's one of 10 women who seem to have a chance to make history
Star-Factory High Schools 160
Talented as teens—or just tormented—stars from Ann-Margret to William Kunstler learned that their key choice was not picking a PR agent but the right high school
People Puzzle 164
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