On the Cover 34
General Hospital's Luke and Laura (Anthony Geary and Genie Francis) get hitched, and a glittering Elizabeth Taylor pays a visit to the wedding. But is the honeymoon over for GH?
Up Front 40
Former POW Jeremiah Denton sits in Amen Corner in the Senate, where old-fashioned righteousness is gospel
The mystery of Thubten Wangchuk, an 11-year-old American boy in a monastery in Nepal, leads back to Beverly Hills
Bio 50
Dr. Vincent DeVita fends off critics while waging a $1 billion battle against cancer
Happy 63
Wales hails its charming princess, Diana
Arts 67
Maxim and Dmitri Shostakovich, son and grandson of the famed composer, fled Mother Russia to celebrate his music
On the Move 70
Despite all those headliners on General Hospital, Judith Light of One Life to Live may be soap opera's star hussy
Heirs 78
Julianna Roosevelt, great-granddaughter of Eleanor and Franklin, comes to terms with her famous name
Adventure 85
English author Jonathan Raban explores the main artery of America's heartland, the Mississippi
In Style 89
The Izod alligator is just one symbol of Robert Koch's success
Body 90
Paul Newman, Gene Simmons and Dustin Hoffman save face by consulting cosmetologist Lia Schorr
Couples 101
Counselors Phyllis and David York prescribe Toughlove therapy for parents troubled by their teenagers
Winners 117
Soviet champ Anatoly Karpov and defector Viktor Korchnoi clash in chess and one-upmanship
Sequel 120
Cost-conscious U.S. cities battle budget cuts with good old Yankee ingenuity
Coping 125
Actress Joan Collins' dedication helped her daughter pull out of a coma
In the Money 135
Donald Trump holds the cards in Manhattan's real estate market
On Stage 141
Nicholas Nickleby star Roger Rees has a Dickens of a time with his stage marathon
Lookout 144
In Her Own Words 147
Betty Friedan provokes a controversy with a new book that says feminists need to pay more attention to the women back home
Mail 4
People Picks & Pans 10
Robert Stack returns with a new ABC cop show, and Danny Kaye stars in a CBS drama
Barbra Streisand seems just short of a saint in a gushy new biography
Reggae-rock's finest, the Police, produce another arresting LP, Ghost in the Machine
Alan Bates and Maggie Smith struggle through a sordid film about Paris in the 1920s, Quartet
People Puzzle 108
Star Tracks 111
Boxing champ Gerry Cooney gets TKOed by a lightweight
Frank Sinatra thinks mink
Peter Strauss and Patti Davis pair up
Colleen Dewhurst hires an odd bird
Erica Jong is laid out on Halloween
Chatter 150
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