On the Cover 62
Her Rhoda days long gone, Valerie Harper has a new look (thin), a new lover (fitness counselor Tony Cacciotti) and a new Hollywood career that could be her own Chapter Two
Up Front 22
A convert from atheism, Madalyn Murray O'Hair's son, Bill, gets religion
After her play flops on Broadway, Elizabeth Ashley drops a few bombs of her own
Israel's Gen. Yehoshafat Harkabi stirs a furor with a call for Palestinian statehood
Angel Cordero's Preakness win is clouded by a foul claim—and charges of race-fixing
Pianist Van Cliburn gets a hairy wake-up call back home in Texas
Out of the Pages 37
Recounting her comeback from cancer, Laurel Lee builds a fresh life as an author
Discovery 41
Director Harry Woolf has the geniuses at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study doing more studying—and less squabbling
Host 45
Alex Madonna's Disneyland of motels, the Madonna Inn, keeps packing 'em in
In Her Own Words 49
Friends come and go, but sisters are for keeps, explains author Elizabeth Fishel
To the Top 55
The Dirt Band sees An American Dream come true, thanks to Linda Ronstadt
Winners 68
Behind Nathan Pritikin and Linda Lovelace are Pat & Bill McGrady, the only brothers to have best-sellers simultaneously
Inventors 71
Math whiz Sam Savage whittles fiendish puzzles by laser and calls them Shmuzzles
Arts 72
At 81, Sari Dienes is the doyenne of New York artists and a rare piece of work herself
Bio 82
Boston University President John Silber is a very accomplished disturber of academe's peace
Off the Screen 89
Chuck Barris uses censored TV out-takes to boost the, er, gross of The Gong Show Movie
Happy 95
In Japan veterinarian Junki Uyama's star assistant is a 7-year-old chimp
On Stage 103
Arthur Rubinstein's actor son John should win a Tony hands down
Lookout 106
Yale journalist Anne Gardner Perkins
Designer Henry Jackson
In Style 109
Jackie and Lady Bird were customers, and now Nancy Reagan wants to be the next First Lady wearing gowns by James Galanos
Mail 4
People Picks & Pans 10
In a week of masters on TV, Bob Hope and Hal Linden headline specials, Flip Wilson salutes the Apollo Theater, and PBS profiles Picasso
What's the "greatest discovery since the wheel"? The incumbent Heloise, in an updated book of hints, says it's nylon net fabric
Bernadette Peters shows off a touchingly sensitive voice in her maiden LP
After seeing Bill Murray as Hunter Thompson in Where the Buffalo Roam, you'll say, "Billy, you crazy guy, get out of here"
Broadway-bound this summer? Here's a guide to what's worth seeing on and off the still-Great White Way
Star Tracks 76
An Audubon portrait is winged at auction
Roman Polanski introduces a honey at Cannes
Stevie Wonder and Eubie Blake: school ties
Mike Douglas cupids for Cronkite and Curtin
Anne Bancroft checks a Mel Brooks set
Chatter 112
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