On the Cover 24
A panel of fashion pros helps PEOPLE separate the chic from the gauche among John Travolta, Barbara Walters, Hamilton Jordan, Cher, Ronald Reagan, Iggy Pop et al
Up Front 32
The music world stages a seven-month birthday party for virtuoso fiddler Isaac Stern's 60th
Maryland official Thomas Flowers cuts a ribbon and burns his bridges
Teacher 37
Prof. James Dinnan is in jail—not class—defending his idea of academic freedom
Out of the Pages 41
Consenting Adults, Peter DeVries' new novel, is a hilarious survey of suburban sex
Medics 44
Elizabeth Morgan emerges as doctor, author and feminist with The Making of a Woman Surgeon
On the Move 53
If anyone can lay claim to the title The Son of Rock 'n' Roll, it's Johnny Burnette's son, Rocky
Couples 57
Rich and Nancy Obermaier try to lead a normal life while envisioning a normal future for their Siamese twin daughters
Off the Screen 60
After Little Darlings and My Bodyguard, life is bully for teen throb Matt Dillon
Over the Tube 68
Catherine Hicks needed a little padding to give a rounded TV portrayal of Marilyn Monroe
Bio 70
His family fortune was going, going, gone until the Earl of Westmorland took over Sotheby's booming auction house
Spirit 76
His new mirror-glass, $18 million Crystal Cathedral is the proof of "Possibility Thinking" for TV preacher Robert Schuller
Lookout 80
Basketball ace Mary Ostrowski
Bridge Life Master Billy Hsieh
In His Own Words 83
What you don't know about medicines can hurt you, counsels pharmacologist Joe Graedon, author of People's Pharmacy-2
Jocks 88
Larry Holmes defends his heavyweight title against three-time champion Muhammad Ali, then goes happily home to the wife and kids
Mail 6
People Picks & Pans 10
Brad Davis joins the Marines in CBS' A Rumor of War, while Vanessa Redgrave stars, controversially, in CBS' Playing for Time
That survivor among biographical novelists, Irving Stone, takes on Darwin, and Tom (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues) Robbins is back with another improbable fable
Two of music's old reliables—Don Williams of Nashville and Chicago of where else?—are back with soothing LPs
Burt Reynolds and Sally Field reach the end of the road in a disappointing sequel, Smokey and the Bandit II
Star Tracks 64
Susan Richardson drops 70 pounds
Larry Hagman is a runaway hit at the races
Daredevil Gary Wells vaults to disaster
Dick Gregory cooks up a new campaign
Rocket man Elton John rocks Central Park
The James Masons debut in Deauville
People Puzzle 48
Chatter 90
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