ON THE COVER 78
Six years ago some people at CBS didn't want Diane Sawyer, but she had something that changed their minds: brains, nerve, ambition and character
UP FRONT 38
You may have to write them in on the ballot come Nov. 6, but dozens of folks you've never heard of aspire to the Presidency
Bill Murray sneaks a message about his late pal, John Belushi, into The Razor's Edge
Susan Cheever, John's daughter, discusses her father's anguished battle with alcohol and homosexuality, and her new memoir of him, Home Before Dark, is excerpted
SCREEN 55
At the head of the class with the top-grossing Teachers, Nick Nolte learns hard lessons about life
TROUBLE 65
As the Northern Ireland problem again leads to violence, American IRA supporter Martin Galvin insists he's raising money for widows, not weapons
TO THE TOP 71
Watch out, Richard Gere: Hotel's Shea Farrell is checking you out
CAMPAIGN '84 77
Unhitched from The Beverly Hillbillies, actress Nancy Kulp runs for Congress
CRIME 89
For 10 years convicted murderer Park Estep protested his innocence. Now serial killer Ottis Toole's gruesome confession corroborates Estep's story
TUBE 100
Brooke Shields is into group therapy at Princeton—that's running with the pack to the pizzeria
FAMILY 107
In a concluding installment, Carol Ann, mother of the Bubble Boy, tells of son David's final days
LOSERS 131
Sydney Biddle Barrows' patrician lineage goes back to the Pilgrims, but that's not why New York police call her madam
ON THE MOVE 137
Former Miss U.S.A. Deborah Shelton of Body Double isn't Miss Congeniality when it comes to director Brian DePalma
MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 9
NBC's The Cartier Affair with Joan Collins and David Hasselhoff is a jewel, but Ralph Macchio's aging on ABC's The Three Wishes of Billy Grier is grim going
Nastassja Kinski affects a drawl for director Wim Wenders' film, Paris, Texas
Erica Jong continues the fictional saga of Isadora Wing with Parachutes & Kisses
Record anthologies celebrate the Shirelles and Dionne Warwick
Video releases are varied: the 1984 Olympics, Henry Winkler's lecture for children on sexual abuse and lawyer Marvin Mitchelson's advice on divorce
TAKE ONE 37
STAR TRACKS 94
Mary Martin gets hung up
Paul Simon and Whoopi Goldberg step out
A shorn Princess Stephanie surveys fashion
PEOPLE PUZZLE 128
CHATTER 140
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