On the Cover 100
Nice guy Alan Alda—writer, director and star (with Carol Burnett) of The Four Seasons—has a movie S*M*A*S*H, but he's happiest that wife Arlene and their daughters pitched in
Up Front 32
Merchants selling survival capitalize on the fear of Doomsday as worried Americans head for the hills
Who owns the franchise on Christie Brinkley's million-dollar bod? She does
After 20 years on the concert circuit, Van Cliburn is soft-pedaling it on sabbatical
Jorge Díaz Serrano, Mexico's petroleum prodigy, comes to bargain in Washington
In Style 47
To Barbara Sinatra, Joanna Carson and Diahann Carroll, pricey designer Arnold Scaasi is tops
Teacher 52
Arizona's Willie Williams insists his for-credit course in Frisbee is no throwaway
For a Song 54
Sweet-singing Sylvia, country's latest one-name woman, has a new hit, The Matador, and bullish career prospects
Bio 60
The State Department's Hodding Carter III used to answer the press's questions—now he questions its answers on his new TV show
In the Money 69
Where can you buy carrots and karats? Try Don Byerly's swank supermarket
Out of the Pages 75
Pilot Ernest K. Gann flies high with TV's Masada and his best-selling The Aviator
In Trouble 81
Leading jockey Jack Kaenel is found to be only 15—and grounded
On the Move 82
The Postman left Jessica Lange a recharged career—which she's juggling with her new role as mother of Baryshnikov's baby
Host 88
Pierre Cardin throws a 3rd-birthday bash at Maxim's for France's Brunner quints
In His Own Words 90
In Ireland and elsewhere, the hunger strike has been a political weapon for centuries, reports scholar Gene Sharp
Body 107
What do Cher's chest, Mark Hamill's nose and Phyllis Diller have in common? Plastic surgery
Coping 113
The Osmonds' eldest brother, Virl, details his lifelong battle with deafness
Lookout 118
Belly dancer Kimsu Mandly
Network for Learning founder Jeffrey Hollender
Happy 129
Actor Tommy Lee Jones gets hitched to a lawyer's daughter, Kimberlea Cloughley
Mail 4
People Picks & Pans 10
Gene Kelly and Ben Vereen join Glen and Tanya for a night at Opryland
Philip Roth returns with a witty, wily novel, Zuckerman Unbound
Chuck Mangione's benefit concert for Italian earthquake victims becomes a scintillating jazz album, Tarantella
TV goody-goody Melissa Sue Anderson stars in a sleazy horror flick, Happy Birthday to Me
Star Tracks 123
Willie Aames and Phoebe Cates fly at Cannes
Evangelist Rex Humbard shepherds Wendy Williams
That's not Joan Crawford: It's Faye Dunaway
Jean-Paul Belmondo gets a visit from his U.S. daughter, Florence
Johnny Bench has a tough break
Joanne Woodward and Jane Curtin duel
People Puzzle 126
Chatter 132
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