On the Cover 98
As Martin Balsam joins departed co-stars Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers and Rob Reiner, Carroll O'Connor thanks heaven for a little girl at Archie Bunker's Place, Danielle Brisebois
Up Front 26
Congress investigates drug abuse in Hollywood, but friendly witnesses Carol Burnett, Peter Strauss and Cathy Lee Crosby suddenly refuse to testify
The good ship Columbia opens up an ocean of space and a new American dream, says Astronaut-Senator Harrison Schmitt, but what about deadly star wars?
He may have been the real power in the family, but Nelson's brother David Rockefeller is now retiring—nominally
Phil Donahue falls down on the job of raising money for Mario Thomas' feminist cause
Winners 43
After surviving a hit squad, Ireland's Bernadette Devlin McAliskey comes back with a vengeance—and vows to be an MP again
Song 47
Don McLean says bye, bye American Pie and hello to the charts again with Crying
Trouble 51
A deprogramming case snares Fantasy Island producer Skip Webster in a tragic real-life drama
In Style 55
Jan Dutton's embroidered aprons are lovely anywhere but in the kitchen
Spirit 65
Just one minute off-Broadway, Father George Moore is impresario of the Actors Chapel
In His Own Words 71
Standardized college admission tests are given failing marks by Andrew J. Strenio
Coping 77
Ted Kennedy Jr. tells of his courageous battle with the cancer that cost him a leg
On Stage 81
Jane Lapotaire brings Piaf's magic to the stage and conquers TV as Cleopatra
Arts 85
Onetime bête noire Merce Cunningham is now hailed as the avatar of modern dance
Bio 89
Urban League head Vernon Jordan, also an assassin's target, wishes Ronald Reagan well—but not the President's programs
Sequel 107
Joanna Stratton and Ann Banks retell America's history—in the eloquent words of those who made it
Couples 116
Fred Astaire and Robyn Smith say they're still dancing cheek to cheek, despite all those rumors and that 43-year age gap
Mail 4
People Picks & Pans 10
Terry Bradshaw and Mel Tillis star in a new NBC show about stock car racers
Toni (Song of Solomon) Morrison experiments in Tar Baby, and two daring authors pick The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time
An ulcer has forced Eric Clapton to cancel a U.S. tour, but his LP Another Ticket is a trip in itself
Jack Nicholson and a mesmerizing Jessica Lange steam through a remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice
California's fancy turns Elizabethan at the spring Renaissance Pleasure Faire
Star Tracks 59
A bloated Marlon Brando surfaces
Margaret Thatcher fences with husband Denis
Frank Sinatra teams with Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda
Citizen Carter votes for Charlie Daniels
Tanya Tucker is in fashion, if Glen Campbell is not
People Puzzle 118
Chatter 124
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