The 25 Most Intriguing People of 1985
32 Bob Geldof, the social conscience of rock, inspires a huge outpouring of aid to suffering Africa
36 Joe Kennedy launches a new generation of campaigning Kennedys by announcing for Congress
38 Corazon Aquino, widow of Philippines opposition leader Benigno, takes up her husband's banner
40 William "the Refrigerator" Perry is the winningest kitchen appliance ever to play pro football
42 Akira Kurosawa, Japan's top movie director, fulfills an obsession with a haunting masterpiece
44 Nelson Mandela spurs the bitter antiapartheid struggle in South Africa from a prison cell
46 Dr. Steven Rosenberg finds a way to use the body's own immune system to reject cancer
50 Rambo's roots, uncovered by PEOPLE, reveal a boyhood just as believable as his movie character
57 Bernhard Goetz, New York City's shadowy Subway Vigilante, fires shots heard round America
58 William Hurt risks his leading-man image to play a transvestite in the film Kiss of the Spider Woman
60 Uli Derickson proves that unwavering courage can be a strong weapon against terrorist hijackers
66 Bruce and Julianne Springsteen wind up their year as just your average Jersey couple
68 Cathleen Webb confesses to faking a rape; she expects punishmentâbut receives celebrity
70 Rupert Murdoch discusses the press and plans for a morality-minded fourth television network
77 Dwight Gooden, down from Olympus, just might be baseball's best pitcher ever, and that's no myth
78 Don Johnson, Miami Viceroy, shows you don't need a shave or a clean past to make it on TV
82 Princess Di throws Washington into a tizzy as she dances with a chosen few at our gaudiest ball
84 Mel Fisher, Florida's never-say-dry treasure salvager, finds a pot of gold after a 17-year search
86 Michael J. Fox scores with the No. 1 movie (Back to the Future) and the No. 2 TV show (Family Ties)
88 Josef Mengele is bagged at last: His bones are wrapped in plastic and stored in a Brazilian safe
99 Whoopi Goldberg cuts the comedy, making a dramatic breakthrough in The Color Purple
107 Hulk Hogan says slam, bam, thank you, fans to wrestling aficionados across the country
108 Rock Hudson lost his war against AIDS and stirred up a new controversy over the screen kiss
112 Gracie Mansion leads a funny, freestyle art boom in Manhattan's chic and cheeky East Village
114 Madonna proves no flash in the fleshpot, thanks to fans who wanna be just like the virgin
MAIL 6
PICKS & PANS 10
HEROES 116
CLICK! 124
STATUE OF LIBERTY 133
CUTLER, MAINE 141
LIGHTEN UP, SANDY! 147
FACES TO WATCH 150
SEQUELS 158
VIETNAM 170
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