ON THE COVER 74
Has sex on the soaps gone too far? Stars Tristan Rogers (General Hospital), Lisa Brown (Guiding Light) and Melody Thomas (The Young and the Restless) dispute the findings of researchers
UP FRONT 32
After three generations, the Astors are selling the family castle
Phoebe Cates recounts the trouble in Paradise
Gentle giant Gerry Cooney plans to turn raging bull in his title fight with heavyweight champ Larry Holmes
IN HIS OWN WORDS 47
There are ways to spot a disturbed youth before he lashes out like a John Hinckley Jr., says psychologist Douglas Powell
HAPPY 52
Japanese flamenco dancer Yasuko Nagamine clicks in her U.S. debut
BIO 55
As irresistible as your neighborhood buzz saw, ABC's Sam Donaldson raises hackles as he covers the White House
PAGES 66
Linda Gray Sexton, daughter of poet-suicide Anne Sexton, probes death and survival in an affecting first novel
INVENTORS 73
Airplane designer Burt Rutan's soaring imagination produces one flight of fancy after another
SPLIT 88
When it comes to marriage, two of golf's loveliest ladies—Nancy Lopez and Jan Stephenson—are in the rough
BODY 97
If dandruff, split ends and itchy scalp are your mane problems, hair expert Philip Kingsley can help
SEQUEL 100
How John Mitchell, John Dean, John Ehrlichman, John Sirica, Jill Wine-Banks and other Watergate newsmakers are faring a decade after the break-in
IN THE MONEY 111
Musical matchmaker Charlie Koppelman has a formula: Barbra Streisand + Barry Gibb + Diana Ross + Lionel Ritchie = $$$
HOSTD 117
'60s supermodel Jean Shrimpton calls her own shots now as an English innkeeper in Penzance
LOOKOUT 130
Dancer-actress Katherine Healy
HEIRS 133
Evel Knievel's son, Robbie, proves he's just a chip off the old engine block as he goes after his dad's death-defying records
MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 10
Willie Nelson, Clint Eastwood and Carol Burnett confide to Barbara Walters
New books allow admirers of portrait photography to gaze on the likes of Liz Taylor, John Lennon, Debbie Harry and Richard Nixon
Elton John leaps back to goodtime form on Jump Up!
Kotter refugee Marcia Strassman plays a klutzy New Yorker's dream girl in the funny Soup for One
Modern music celebrates the 100th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky's birth
PEOPLE PUZZLE 94
STAR TRACKS 127
Linda Ronstadt talks shop with a poster girl
Mac Davis is talking marriage
M*A*S*H's William Christopher laps up Strawberry Shortcake
Alan Alda is diplomatic with daughter Elizabeth
The Texas Rangers find losing isn't their bag
CHATTER 136
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