ON THE COVER 54
A quarter of a century later, Americans remember Nov. 22, 1963, a day that began innocently but, with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, would come to mark the end of an age
INTRODUCING...72
Asia Vieira, 6, the good kid in The Good Mother
JOCKS 77
Pro football's all-time leading receiver Steve Largent doesn't drop the ball as a dad either
TUBE 83
Roseanne's amiable spouse, John Goodman, turns the ordinary into extraordinary TV
TEENS 91
California's Teen Saferides volunteers give lifts so kids won't drink and drive
COLLECTORS 103
Cliff Petersen invents a home for 40,000 patent models
COUPLES 111
On L.A. Law, Alan Rachins and Joanna Frank fight like cats and dogs, but they're really each other's pets
OFF THE WALL 117
Charley Lang puzzles out a solution to the blues
ON THE JOB 118
Cookbook and entertaining queen Martha Stewart makes millions marketing domestic perfection but pays a price at home
SEQUEL 125
Jan Stuart, his commitment more than skin-deep, begins a hunger strike to find backers for his cosmetics business
CONTROVERSY 134
Joanne Carson inters a few handfuls of buddy Truman Capote's ashes after a mysterious Halloween party theft
PAGES 138
Shirley Temple Black looks back on her days as America's treasured tot—and the decades since
LOOKOUT 145
Comedian Carol Leifer is an inspiration to peers like Jay Leno and David Letterman
BIO 149
C. Alfred "Chief" Anderson broke the color line to teach himself—and thousands of other black men—how to fly
TROUBLE 159
High lead levels in common crockery can be fatal, warn Fran and Don Wallace, who learned from experience
IN HIS OWN WORDS 165
Conservationist Dr. Russell Mittermeier warns that the loss of rain forests threatens the planet
TRENDS 171
To the list of games people play, add Whirly Ball
TO THE TOP 172
His controversial album, a family tragedy and his broken affair with Jessica Hahn can't quiet screaming comedian Sam Kinison
WINNERS 177
Scott Sharp, 20, has three national auto racing championships—and that's one for each year he has been on the track
SCENE 183
At the Galway Oyster Festival, shellfish shuckers make merry at raw bars
CRITTERS 187
Sandra Wornum provides a palace for her hounds, but some neighbors can't stand hearing about it
STYLE 188
Eliot Whittall and Richard Shon design hats that are strictly off the museum wall
MAIL 8
PICKS & PANS 17
TAKE ONE 53
STAR TRACKS 131
CHATTER 190
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