ON THE COVER 38
General Hospital's Tony Geary proves there is more to life than Luke with an outrageous club act in Atlantic City—but there was less to the Liz Taylor affair than met the eye
UP FRONT 30
As the NAACP threatens a movie boycott, Sidney Poitier, Diahann Carroll, Ossie Davis and other black stars discuss discrimination in Hollywood
A way with words could win you Jane Pieriboni's huge old house in Maine
BIO 45
At home in his headset, radio maven Michael Gurdus is Israel's ears on the world
HAPPY 57
At 40, the Washington Post's Sally Quinn swaps her acid pen for motherhood
SEQUEL 62
The Polish Prince, pop singer Bobby Vinton, insists Poland—and his career—will survive
COPING 73
There she is, Miss America...Jacquelyn Townsend, who has pluckily come back from a stroke
COUPLES 79
The younger Lanvins, Bernard and Maryll, are sprucing up France's straight-laced perfume and fashion house
JOCKS 85
Carl Lewis' knees snap, crackle and pop, but he still leaps long distances with a single bound
SONG 89
Her resemblance to Brooke Shields is striking, but Nashville's Kippi Brannon can sing, too
IN HIS OWN WORDS 90
Nobel Prize-winning storyteller Isaac Bashevis Singer is skeptical about assimilation, Casanovas and Barbra Streisand
SCREEN 100
Her Cat People quickly lost nine lives, but her fans find Nastassia Kinski nearly purr-feet
MEDICS 107
Maverick researcher Pavel Kozak works wonders overcoming a mysterious skin disease
IN THE MONEY 113
Lenny Florence may be a silver mogul, but everything he touches turns to gold
PAGES 121
William F. Buckley's son Chris pens a sea saga
BODY 129
Trimming waistlines—and wallets—is the order of the day at Lisa Dobloug's sumptuous Florida spa
MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 14
Jean Stapleton plays Eleanor Roosevelt on CBS and Rodney Dangerfield looks for respect on ABC
Jonathan Schell's treatise on nuclear weapons, The Fate of the Earth, can be disputed but not ignored
Peter Noone, once the Herman of Herman's Hermits, sings on his own on One of the Glory Boys
As Conan the Barbarian, Arnold Schwarzenegger flexes a lot of muscles but not much acting skill
STAR TRACKS 53
Liz Taylor casts a Shakespearean spell
Laraine Newman and Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh share a passion for pasta
Soul singer Rick James cozies up to former Supreme Mary Wilson
Priscilla Barnes is riding high
John F. Kennedy Jr. is having a ball
PEOPLE PUZZLE 126
CHATTER 132
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