On the Cover 117
Under Michael Landon's tutelage, Melissa Gilbert remains joyously innocent at 16, though she's now a wife on Little House and a star in her own production of The Diary of Anne Frank
Up Front 30
A grim skein of racial executions claims at least 10 people—and, after a nationwide FBI manhunt, Joseph Paul Franklin stands accused
Tampico, III. looks to its future as a local boy named Reagan makes good
Ice queen Dorothy Hamill gives Dean-Paul Martin a going (up, up and) away party as he enters the Air National Guard
In an exclusive interview, Egypt's Anwar Sadat discusses the spiritual background of his pursuit of peace
Medics 51
Urologist Milorad Jevtich believes that the causes of impotence are usually physical
In His Own Words 57
A cooling trend all over the globe may in time affect the U.S. wheat crop and world agriculture, says climatologist Reid Bryson
To the Top 65
Transition boss Ed Meese is directing President-elect Reagan's march on Washington
On the Move 71
Charlotte Rampling vamps Woody Allen in Stardust Memories, but she's left her impetuous past behind to raise three kids in Paris
Happy 81
At 47, millionaire dentist Herbert Odom has gone middle-aged crazy as a pro boxer
Bio 89
Sci-fi wizard Ray Bradbury has conjured up 100 of his best tales
Arts 105
The world's most American major ballet company, Robert Joffrey's, is reborn
Coping 111
Auto executive Thomas Murphy grapples with Detroit's biggest job—running GM
Couples 124
Art Buchwald kibitzes as his wife, Ann, recalls their Paris romance
Adventure 130
Jaws beware! Shark hunters John Dinga and Rob Mottice are on the prowl
For a Song 135
There's nothing timid about the Pointer Sisters' comeback with He's So Shy
Lookout 138
Mine foreman Mary Sellers
Conductor Myung-Whun Chung
Party 141
A crush of Oscar, Emmy and Tony winners toast the school that trained Newman, Monroe, Pacino and Fonda—to name a few
Mail 4
People Picks & Pans 10
The Mouseketeers are back on TV at 25, and so are Kenny Rogers, Raquel Welch and Alec Guinness in a holiday platter of specials
Jane O'Reilly's The Girl I Left Behind proves that feminism and a sense of humor don't have to be mutually exclusive
Bruce Springsteen plunges back into the swim with style on The River
Jason Robards, in Melvin and Howard, and Shirley MacLaine, in Loving Couples, try to redeem otherwise meandering movies
Runner James Fixx, Mount St. Helens and, of course, Bo Derek star in calendars for 1981
Star Tracks 99
The Muppets, class of '80
Lily Tomlin's being toyed with
Joan Baez hosts Sean MacBride
Burgess Meredith debuts at the keyboard
Rudolf Nureyev's personal peacemaker
People Puzzle 108
Chatter 144
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