ON THE COVER 54
Modest, devoted and fiercely protective of her family, First Lady-elect Barbara Bush has been the classic politician's wife. As she prepares to move into the White House, she vows to keep doing things her way
UP FRONT 60
Geraldo Rivera gets bopped by a punk and bashed by the critics
Federal lawman Len Sims stalks the killers of Nevada's mustang herds
CONTROVERSY 67
Where there's smoke, there's the Pleasant Hills, Pa., Fire Dept.'s racy calendar
SONG 73
What's Metallica's secret of hard-rock success? Volume! Volume! Volume!
TRIBUTE 79
Henry Armstrong, who once KO'd the boxing world by holding three titles at once, dies at 75
WEDDING 87
The Golden Girls' Sophia—Estelle Getty—gets hitched in a not-so-civil ceremony
TUBE 88
War and Remembrance sub commander Hart Bochner seeks depth
ARTS 95
Ona Linquist doesn't have Van Goghs but she does have VEND'ART
INTRODUCING... 98
Numbers whiz Arthur Benjamin, who takes the math of least resistance
PAGES 115
At 77, aerial photographer Robert Cameron still works at dizzying heights
IN HIS OWN WORDS 123
Author Lawrence Horowitz urges Americans to manage their medical fate
PARTY 132
Candice Bergen, John Lithgow, Amy Irving and their kids do Disney
FOR SALE 134
Looking to sell her Oregon farm, Willie Kotan decided to take a flyer on fliers
SEQUEL 137
Millionaire immigrant Peter Han honors the U.S. sailors who rescued him in 1945
BIO 143
The Wanderer, Dion DiMucci, finds his way past drugs to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
TROUBLE 150
Imelda Marcos, though under indictment, grants a rare, revealing interview at her Hawaiian home
HUCKSTERS 157
Car pitchmen Kurt and Marty Anderson drive each other to extremes
ON THE JOB 161
Marilyn Greene found her calling tracking missing persons
MEDICS 167
Prosthesis craftsman Denis Lee gives his patients the appearance of wholeness
COPING 171
Writer Richard Woodley tries to put his life back together after the death of his son
HOST 185
Check into Minnesota's Burnsville Royale Hotel and check out your favorite geographic fantasy
FAMILY 193
John Cheever's son goes public with his father's letters—including explicit love notes to men
LOSERS 201
Floridians Marvin and Carol Selph make a nightmare discovery: Home is where the asbestos is
MAIN STREET 202
Claes Oldenburg and his wife, Coosje van Bruggen, build a $12 million spoon
MAIL 6
PICKS & PANS 13
TAKE ONE 53
STAR TRACKS 191
CHATTER 204
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