ON THE COVER 90
She's become America's most wickedly funny lady by zinging everyone from Jackie O and Nancy Reagan to Dudley Moore and Robert Mitchum, but Joan Rivers takes one thing very seriously: her family
UP FRONT 26
Charged to keep the peace in Beirut, U.S. Marines find themselves wondering who the real enemy is
Fearful flier Brooke Knapp takes to the skies and shatters a world record
Jeffrey Lever made his house safe from termites—and unlivable for his family
With their careers at stake, the feuding Oak Ridge Boys work to heal their rift and squelch rumors of a break-up
JOCKS 41
When it comes to gymnastics, practice makes Peter Vidmar practically perfect
BIO 45
Woody Allen's former collaborator, writer-director Marshall Brickman, has a movie hit all his own
HAPPY 63
Terry Davis, Brynn Thayer, Lee Lawson and other soap stars get in a lather for a "lost" cause—stray dogs
STYLE 64
For a long list of celebs, a Haitian named Fabrice is the man of the evening
TROUBLE 75
An FBI sting turns into a nightmare for Denver businessman Robert Phelps
ARTS 79
For Gil Kaplan, the trek from Wall Street to Carnegie Hall was lit by his love for a single symphony
COUPLES 85
The sports world's top two-career team may be golfer Nancy Lopez and baseball's Ray Knight
MOVE 88
To zookeeper Bill Toone, two birds in the hand may help save an entire condor species
HEIRS 99
Believe it or not, Jack Palance's co-host on TV's Ripley show is his 30-year-old daughter Holly
PAGES 103
Astrologer Joyce Jillson finds stellar success with Real Women Don't Pump Gas
TUBE 109
David Hasselhoff stars with a car on Knight Rider—and with actress Catherine Hickland off-camera
MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 9
Zoe Caldwell stars in Medea on PBS, and Bob Hope returns to NBC with a comedy special
Nastassia Kinski and Rudolf Nureyev wrestle with an incoherent script, not to mention each other, in the film Exposed
Two authors who have only wide popularity in common—D.M. Thomas and Stephen King—have new novels
Country singer Shelly West goes solo, with admirable results
TAKE ONE 25
STAR TRACKS 70
The King and I's Yul Brynner takes a new queen
Dancer Natalia Makarova keeps Jimmy Carter on his toes
Liz & Dick & Joan (Kennedy) adorn a Beantown benefit
PEOPLE PUZZLE 106
CHATTER 112
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