On the Cover 82
Singer John Davidson, host of ABC's That's Incredible! and now of his own gab show, talks sorrowfully and frankly of trouble with his newly liberated wife
Bonus Book
51 Is Paris Burning? was a 1965 bestseller. Now the authors, Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre, have readers of their new novel, The Fifth Horseman, wondering Will New York Disappear? The first of three excerpts from the thriller that U.S. government officials are afraid could come true.
Up Front 24
Roderick MacArthur and his father's foundation are looking for genius and willing to pay for it
A storybook marriage winds up in shambles as Princess Caroline and Philippe Junot call it quits
Indiana Sen. Birch Bayh flirts with political danger by presiding over the Billy Carter inquest
If Chris (Superman) Reeve can play Chekhov in summer theater, does that mean that Joe Namath can sing and David Bowie can handle The Elephant Man? Not necessarily
Jocks 39
The hottest pitcher in baseball is Baltimore's heretofore lukewarm Steve Stone
In His Own Words 43
Do middle-aged men get "hot flashes" too? Yes, says author Edmond Hallberg about the so-called male metapause
Money 65
The lecture circuit's become a gravy train, and everyone from Ann Landers to G. Gordon Liddy and Moshe Dayan is leaping aboard
Adventure 69
Robin Sindorf is bullish about her job as the world's first female rodeo clown
Pages 73
Canada's Mordecai Richler was appalled by the TV version of his Duddy Kravitz, but happy about the acclaim his eighth novel is receiving
Lookout 76
Makeup artists Paula and Mary McKenna
Marathoner Paul Masson
Body 88
Cindy Williams, Dina Merrill and Helen Gurley Brown are among the famous faces that stay in shape with Ramona de Vries' "cosmetric" exercises
Split 90
They may share a deep faith, but Terry Bradshaw and JoJo Starbuck find their marriage can't be born again
Couples 97
Auschwitz survivor Samuel Pisar has a more than equal partner for his globetrotting law practice: his art-wise wife, Judith
On the Move 102
The Rothschilds used to visit when she lived at Versailles; now Barbara de Portago is New York's newest glamor girl about town
Mail 4
People Picks & Pans 12
Leslie Uggams and Olivia Cole go Backstairs at the White House (pre-Carter, that is) in a remarkable TV repeat
A: Egomaniacs between commercials
Q: What are Steve Allen, Jack Paar and Johnny Carson? That, at least, is author Robert Metz' view of The Tonight Show
Two of Nashville's grittiest musical ruffians, George Jones and Johnny Paycheck, tangle delightfully on the album Double Trouble
Film director Paul Mazursky captures Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey and Michael Ontkean in a wicked ménage à trois titled Willie & Phil
Washington's latest tourist attraction is a replay of the Watergate Tapes
Star Tracks 79
Tatum O'Neal's brother, Griffin, makes magic
Robby Benson's new game is one-on-nine
Prince Edward gets a royal dunking
Lauren Hutton reviews her roots
Stacy Keach smooches his "almost nephew"
Lauren Bacall steps out with her son Sam Robards
People Puzzle 95
Chatter 104
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