ON THE COVER 94
The exclusive story of a family with no chic, the Al-Fassis of Saudi Arabia, who, perhaps by black magic, perhaps by guile, swept out of the desert to revel with a king's brother and a woman called Dena
UP FRONT 42
Hunter Barry Broznick's quarry is rare and priceless—transplantable human organs that save lives
Sandy Duncan, Joan Lunden, Olivia Hussey and other showbiz moms juggle fame and formula
With a lot of help from their friends, Tommy Tune and Twiggy battle to turn their out-of-town flop into a hit Broadway musical
INVENTORS 57
The Sponge: A California scientist finds a new twist on an old solution to a perennial problem: unwanted pregnancies
COPING 63
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar may never beat his migraines, but they rarely cramp his style
IN HIS OWN WORDS 67
If consumerism is passé, someone ought to break the news to top activist Mike Pertschuk
SCREEN 75
The teen dream of The Outsiders is daddy's girl Diane Lane
MONEY 79
Schoolteacher Linda Wolf's Tell-a-Maid guide cleans up in the stores but has some Hispanics fuming
BIO 85
If there's Trouble in Paradise, eagle-eyed songwriter Randy Newman is sure to spot it
LOOKOUT 93
Aerialists Denise Aubrey and Pa-mela Hernandez make Big Top history
STAGE 110
On the road in a Zorba musical created just for him, Anthony Quinn plays artist on the side
SEQUEL 115
After 40 years Harry Kitano and fellow Japanese-Americans journey back to the Utah camp where they spent WWII
TO THE TOP 121
Motorcycle speedway champ Bruce Penhall wheels in as Erik Estrada's CHiPs sidekick
ON THE MOVE 131
Harvard law prof Roger Fisher roams the world looking for problems to solve
SONG 139
The Weather Girls hope to take the pop music scene by storm
TUBE 143
Polaroid pitchwoman Mariette Hartley develops into the star of Goodnight, Beantown
MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 11
Mick Jagger goes Chinese on Showtime cable while Barbara Woodhouse goes to the dogs on PBS
Actress-dancer Jennifer Beals makes a dazzling screen debut in Flashdance
Shana Alexander takes on the case of convicted murderer Jean Harris in her book Very Much a Lady
Laura Branigan tops herself with an exciting second album
TAKE ONE 41
STAR TRACKS 72
John Lennon's son, Julian, celebrates like a punk
Gandhi's Ben Kingsley turns 19th-century dandy onstage
Princess Diana goes nose to nose with a Maori
PEOPLE PUZZLE 137
CHATTER 146
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