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UPDATED 09/21/1981 at 01:00 AM EDT Originally published 09/21/1981 at 01:00 AM EDT

On the Cover 34
PEOPLE asks a panel of fashion experts to cull the trendsetters from the tacky among the likes of Tom Selleck, Betsy Bloomingdale, Wayne Newton, Jane Pauley and François Mitterrand

Medics 47
As conservatives flex their new political muscle and renew the abortion furor in Washington, two doctors lead the debate

In Trouble 52
Britain is shaken by the violent subculture of angry youths called the Skinheads

Jocks 57
Bing Crosby's son Nathaniel can't sing, but he's still got that swing—on the golf course

Out of the Pages 61
How to Make Love to a Man author Alexandra Penney offers hints for the hapless

Lookout 64
Political cartoonist Jack Ohman

Bio 71
Weakened in body, but not in courage or wit, choreographer Agnes de Mille refuses to surrender to a crippling stroke

On the Move 86
Who's responsible for a cockroach elixir, a bordello for dogs and the rock star sperm bank? Media hoax artist Joey Skaggs

Sequel 90
The drawings of Cynthia Lennon Twist, John Lennon's first wife, recall the Beatle days

Party 92
New York bids farewell to Elizabeth Taylor with a tribute that also fights cancer

Happy 96
With customers like Edward Albee, Patti LuPone and Doug Henning, shopkeeper Martin Proctor can afford to sell nothing but unicorns

Couples 98
Nancy's top aide, Peter McCoy, and his wife, Kacey, help give the Reagan White House its elegance and verve

Heirs 105
The Reddings put a historic name—dad Otis'—back on the pop music charts

Coping 113
Davis Cup captain Arthur Ashe tells of his roughest match: with open heart surgery

In His Own Words a 119
Author Budd Schulberg, whose dad once ran Paramount, dissects Hollywood's past and present hustle and hype

Mail 4

People Picks & Pans 9

Anson Williams sings on NBC and Patty Duke Astin plays an ABC mommie dearest

Ready to go off your diet for the holidays? Here's some temptation: a potluck of new cookbooks, including James Beard's latest

The Village People have a new, heavily made-up look, but the change is only cosmetic; they still sound terrible

Treat Williams plays a corruption-fighting New York cop in the dreary Prince of the City

Star Tracks 81

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Billy Barty star on the diamond

John Davidson is a lover, not a fiancé

Andy Warhol finds a really great soup can

O.J. Simpson's brother holds that tiger

Baton up! Zubin Mehta and Edo de Waart conduct a symphonic ballgame

Taxi's Danny De Vito and girlfriend Rhea celebrate his return to the stage

David Merrick has a new act: The Godfather

People Puzzle 111

Chatter 122

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