On the Cover 104
Hollywood's hottest and most independent new lady-killer, Richard Gere, risks professional suicide by playing a gay in Broadway's powerful Bent
Up Front 32
This Passover, Egypt's envoy Saad Mortada is in a land of milk and honey, but to Israel's Elijahu Ben-Elissar, Cairo is a bitter herb
A judge's death leaves Green Bay, Wis. angrily divided over the power of the press
Kids are flipping for Supersisters, the first all-female trading cards
Congressman Bob Giaimo takes a sharpened ax to the federal budget
The Beat Goes On for the singing Whispers, though one has an unexpected gig in federal court about another kind of hot rock
In Her Own Words 46
There has been progress since her son died of it, but Carolyn Szybist says Sudden Infant Death Syndrome remains a tragic mystery
Jocks 55
Basketball's hallowed vet Paul Silas and touted rookie Larry Bird enter the playoffs
Bio 61
Rock's acid queen, Grace Slick, has ditched the Starship to fly solo
Arts 67
Passionate pianist Martha Argerich is a throwback to titans like Rachmaninoff
To the Top 71
Actor Michel Serrault, the homosexual lead of La Cage aux Folles, has himself been wed 30 years
In the Money 77
Gig Young's ex, Elaine, cashes in on the Beverly Hills real estate boom
Discovery 81
Laser weapon designer Richard Airey has the Pentagon's answer to Star Wars
Couples 84
Ex-Hef-mate Barbi Benton's new man—and manager—is millionaire George Gradow
Adventure 93
Star parachutist Roger Reynolds fell 2,800 feet and survived to jump again
In Trouble 99
Toledo factory worker Ron Reed has a $34,000 romance with a con artist's mirage
Winners 110
Sometime hog farmer Cleve Dean tries to bring home the bacon as a pro wrist wrestler
Out of the Pages 119
Author Howard (The Establishment) Fast has changed lists—from black to best-seller
Lookout 125
Fencer Jana Angelakis
Library conservator Frank Mowery
Host 132
Prince Alfonso Hohenlohe's idea of a grand time will cost just that—$1,000 a day
Over the Tube 136
Alice's Polly Holliday moves her "Kiss my grits!" put-downs to a new joint in Flo
Mail 4
People Picks & Pans 12
Singer Kenny Rogers wins the gamble in his first TV dramatic role
Jimmy Carter is excoriated by columnist Clark Mollenhoff and analyzed by psychohistorian Bruce Mazlish in new books
Rocker Bob Seger surpasses even his own demanding standards with Against the Wind
Jodie Foster, 17, comes of age in Foxes, an ambitious but aimless movie about the teenage world of drugs and sex
Star Tracks 113
Carol Burnett eats a lot of snow
Sir Freddie Laker flies a camel
Misha & Liza Charleston
Lena Horne gives up saloon singing
Loni Anderson turns into Jayne Mansfield
Sara Stimson & Ricky Schroder are an item
People Puzzle 128
Chatter 138
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