ON THE COVER 70
California, here they are: Citizen Ron and his Galanosclad helpmate, Nancy, move into their $2.5 million home—and a brilliant and profitable new life out of office
UP FRONT 36-46
Conceived by a surrogate mother and delivered into a failing marriage, 4-year-old Tessa is caught in a baffling custody dispute
No longer the flamboyant clotheshorse, Princess Diana, sleek and dressed like a royal working girl, scores points for good taste on her first trip to New York
An experimental program has the citizens of Wellsburg, W.Va., once among the nation's most likely heart-attack victims, smoking less, exercising more—and, they fervently hope, living longer
SEQUEL 49
Estranged from his parents, with his career in neutral, Gary Coleman celebrates a birthday he never expected to reach
MOVE 55
At 24, Shawna Robinson isn't ol' or a boy, but she's good enough to clean plenty of clocks behind the wheel of a 160-mph stock car
TRIBUTE 65
Filmmaker John Cassavetes leaves an enviable legacy—he did exactly what he wanted to do, exactly the way he wanted to do it
ARTS 66
Discovered singing in his kitchen, onetime mechanic Leo Nucci wrenches opera lovers' hearts with his bravura baritone
CONTROVERSY 79
After a relentless search, Pat Gibson Bennett tracks down the husband she charges with deserting her and their three children 20 years ago
TUBE 85
A successful second marriage and a new baby have Newhart's proud preppy, Peter Scolari, laughing at last
WORDS 89
If your office makes you sick, Gray Robertson can probably tell you why
KIN 95
For 50 years, friends and fans knew Billy Tipton as the perfect gentleman—which, except for one thing, she was
JOCKS 101
Great Britain's popular heavyweight champ, Frank Bruno, says he's ready to take on Mike Tyson—and some very long odds
HAPPY 107
With a phone line and a fax machine, Detroit bachelor Paul Hohendorf gives office romance a new meaning
SONG 108
Picking up where his reckless daddy left off, New Orleans bluesman Guitar Slim Jr. made his first record—now he's up for a Grammy
TEACHER 112
Paremiologist Wolfgang Mieder says proverbs are the true international language—the timeless expression of common experience
MAIL 8
PICKS & PANS 11
TAKE ONE 35
STAR TRACKS 99
CHATTER 114
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