ON THE COVER 126
Rob Lowe and Princess Stephanie seem to have a match made in the media-but (tick-tock) can it last?
UP FRONT 46
A few years ago Texans like Don Bollinkle, Ken Burchardt and Elbert Shellenberger pinned their hopes on the oil boom; now their dreams are drowning in it
Risking the disapproval of East German guards and the certainty of graffiti, artist Keith Haring takes on the Berlin Wall
British author-politician Jeffrey Archer—caught in a sex scandal—says he was hooked by a tabloid, not a hooker
INTRODUCING...61
A flair for fibbing has made David Leisure—better known as Joe Isuzu—TV's favorite ad man
TRENDS 66
In the toy nursery the big talkers are Monkgomery Monkey, Wrinkles, Baby Talk, Smarty Bear and Bingo Bear
TEACHER 69
Kids should be warned at the youngest possible age about the dangers of AIDS, says expert Marcia Quackenbush
SCREEN 74
Crocodile Dundee has put the snap in Linda Kozlowski's acting career
MEDICS 79
A little patient from Ecuador joins surgeon Martin Dunn's family
HOST 87
Gringos are flocking to New York City's Cadillac Bar for tequila shoot-outs
IN HIS OWN WORDS 91
Psychologist David Weeks finds that eccentrics are bright, obsessive and contentedly wacky
HAPPY 107
Addressing herself to risqué comedy, Jackée Harry finds a home on NBC's 227
COPING 113
Californians Deborah and Tom Newell tell of their long but so far fruitless struggle to bear a child
FAD 125
Hip folks get the drop on fashion by letting their suspenders hang loose
ARTS 135
Creative giant Robert Longo hits the road to New York, Chicago and Tokyo with some huge new works
TUBE 139
Golden Girl Rue McClanahan says marriage, for most of her five ex-husbands, was a case of take her money and run
ON THE JOB 146
For a finder's fee, Jim Tice will track down just about anything
HEIRS 148
Mort Walker's sons, Greg, Brian, Morgan and Neal, turn out their own comic strip
SCENE 154
Drawing on prayer, faith and superstition, Mets and Red Sox fans gave their all in a vintage World Series
ON THE MOVE 159
Got a minute? Then you've got time for classics like Moby Dick, thanks to Jim Becker and Andy Mayer
PAGES 165
Bill (Suspects) Caunitz quit "the best job in the world" to write about cops
WINNERS 171
Singer Randy Travis comes out of the kitchen to set country music on fire
TO THE TOP 185
Bob Redman is the Frank Lloyd Wright of the treehouse world
STYLE 186
Bustled, bowed or (more likely) bare, the back is this season's fashion in-spot
MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 9
TAKE ONE 45
STAR TRACKS 179
LOOKOUT 182
CHATTER 188
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