ON THE COVER 136
In NBC's An Early Frost, actor Aidan Quinn tells his parents he's gay and dying, an agony that real-life AIDS victim Louie Nassaney has faced with surprising and moving consequences
UP FRONT 44
Pianist Vladimir Horowitz, his career one long arc of triumph, dazzles the French with his first Parisian concerts in three decades
San Jose Chief Joe McNamara and seven police organizations open fire at the NRA's attempt to weaken gun laws
Former professor Reginald Damerell says Bill Cosby's doctoral degree is laughable
In Texas high school football, a no-pass, no-play state law is sacking the season
MEDICS 61
Do birthmarks, such as Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's, pose any health hazards?
IN A HURRY 65
Multifaceted William F. Buckley Jr. adds another line to his voluminous résumé: children's book author
FOOD 69
Marty Doyle serves up a book with every meal at his Connecticut restaurant
SEQUEL 71
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher hopes novelist Jeffrey Archer will add pizzazz to her lagging Conservative Party
SCREEN 75
Sexy Rae Dawn Chong finds a hit as Schwarzenegger's stewardess sidekick in Commando
IN THE MONEY 82
Bad art equals big bucks for Canadian fund raisers Norman Watt and William Goodacre
TEACHER 95
Execs learn how to loosen their white collars at pricey new seminars promoted by entrepreneurs like Larry Senn and Philip Crosby
BIO 107
Long after his Himalayan triumph, Sir Edmund Hillary stands even now in the shadow of Everest
HEIRS 119
For Harvard man Jim Koch, happiness is making lager beer, not lots of money
CRIME 127
John Justice, a tormented honor student, is accused of wiping out his family
LOOK OUT! 135
Would-be open-field runners must contend with a speedy bison in Illinois
HOST 147
Playboy potentate Hugh Hefner asked Rich Melman to Lettuce Entertain You at the new Playboy's Empire Club
GALLERY 153
Photographer Terry O'Neill captures the stuff legends are made of in his new book
HAPPY 158
At a Memphis hotel, fine-feathered friends don't duck their popularity
ARTS 160
Illustrator David Suter is one of the country's grand illusionists
PAGES 167
Harvard medical student and supermom Perri Klass is now a novelist as well
ON THE MOVE 173
Barbara Carrera makes a steamy debut as Dallas' latest vamp
MAIN STREET 181
Like Goldfinger, Milwaukee's David Baldwin knows the value of a good bar when he espies one
TO THE TOP 185
Helping his autistic son Chad, Dale Brandon found that toys are more than just playthings
SONG 189
Hype! Hype! Hooray! for Lady Teresa Manners, the aristocrat of rock
INVENTORS 195
Carl Dilg's interchangeable shoe soles have a sporting chance of success
MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 13
TAKE ONE 43
LOOKOUT 89
STAR TRACKS 196
CHATTER 198
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