ON THE COVER 120
Fresno's feisty First Lady, Carol Burnett, has loosened up and is enjoying life as a best-selling author and single woman
UP FRONT 40
In a beautifully synchronized effort from sea to shining sea, star photographers document A Day in the Life of America
A state-of-the-art cancer therapy machine goes haywire with tragic consequences
TROUBLE 59
A friend's drug death has left pop star Boy George facing a $44 million lawsuit
HERO 63
Wrongfully imprisoned for rape, Nate Walker is finally freed by prisoner advocate James McCloskey's passion for justice
SCREEN 68
Racking up a strong performance in The Color of Money, Helen Shaver got her role by a whisker
FOOD 73
Ernest Mickler's White Trash Cooking is the hottest thing in the South since Sherman burned Atlanta
FADS 81
Today's college kids are ripping their jeans, drinking their Brains and indulging in a few other bizarre campus trends
BODY 101
From Robert Rauschenberg to Frederica Von Stade, artists rely on a new specialty: arts medicine
TRENDS 109
Author-designer Mary Emmerling inspires a country revival—in interior decorating
SONG 115
Rapture is Anita Baker's new LP and effect on audiences
WINNERS 126
Dorothy Flanagan makes heavenly (gospel) music on her musical saw
TO THE TOP 129
The latest No. 1 hard rock LP is simply très Bon Jovi
OUT OF THE PAST 133
Jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon draws on his own life—and heroin habit—to deliver the performance of the year in Round Midnight
ARTS 140
Gheorghe Zamfir's uncommon talent—and a barrage of TV ads—sell the ancient pan flute to the new world
CONTROVERSY 145
Ali Mazrui offers a disputatious view on TV's The Africans
ON THE JOB 148
Personal trainer Rebecca Eastman eliminates the flab factor for stars like Daryl Hannah, Lily Tomlin and Jackson Browne
IN HIS OWN WORDS 155
To Yale drug historian David Musto, the current cocaine problem is déjà vu
ON THE MOVE 161
Dynasty's latest damsel, Leann Hunley, proves you can succeed in show biz without really trying
SEQUEL 165
Peter Max, that cosmic Pop artist of the '60s, pops up again after 15 years in semi-seclusion
JOCKS 171
With a crunching hit and an earful of lip, linebacker supreme Brian Bosworth welcomes rivals to the mythical Land of Boz
HAPPY 178
Maine sheep farmer Peter Hagerty offers a comforting alternative to cold war: Peace Fleece
MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 9
TAKE ONE 39
STAR TRACKS 55
LOOKOUT 119
CHATTER 180
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