ON THE COVER 74
There's not a dry eye in the house as Michael J. Fox, Meredith Baxter Birney, Justine Bateman and the rest of the Family Ties crew tape the show's 176th—and final—episode
Up Front 50-60
Ten-year-old David Able was born without arms and legs but has courage to spare
Bill Cosby and Barbra Streisand are among those honoring Ella Fitzgerald
Splitting with lover Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke sues for a fistful of dollars
COPING 65
Five months after a serious head injury, Gary Busey is back on his bike—helmetless
STAGE 73
Ron is gone, so presidential impressionist Jim Morris has learned to do George
CONTROVERSY 82
Cajuns are ragin' as upstarts from Texas enter the crawfish stakes
TO THE TOP 85
Montanans shell out for Sheila Kirkpatrick's cowboy hats
HOST 89
Hollywood stars park their Harleys at Ed and Vern Savko's down-home diner
MAIN STREET 93
Omaha housing chief Robert Armstrong lays down the law to shape up the projects
TRENDS 99
Greg Trabert and his family clean up with the world's first laundromat/health club
TROUBLE 101
Texas developer George Mallick vows to clear his own name and Jim Wright's
HAPPY 105
Ron Forshee doesn't think his Granny Fannies should be the butt of any jokes
BONUS BOOK 106
In The Andy Warhol Diaries, Mr. Enigma dishes about Jerry Hall (right), Jane Fonda, Madonna, Ryan O'Neal, Farrah Fawcett and others
JOCKS 128
High school pitcher Jon Peters is an A student but can't learn how to lose
ON THE JOB 131
At Larry Sharpe's Monster Factory, students don't hit the books, just each other
ON THE MOVE 137
Rock vocal coach Elizabeth Sabine is the preeminent teacher of screech
ARTS 141
Elaine Duillo paints book jackets that seem to breathe—heavily
WORDS 145
Jim Coe tells how driftnet fishing by Asian nations may threaten the ocean's ecology
POP! 153
San Francisco's Bellini Baby bar has a Pampered clientele
OOPS! 155
New York wine merchant William Sokolin drops $519,750 at dinner
KIN 159
Dom's kid, Peter DeLuise, is a hit in 21 Jump Street
INTRODUCING...163
Melissa Etheridge, who brings acoustic rock her big voice and a serious 12-string
SCENE 165
When it comes to retirement homes, the Last Post is the cat's meow
MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 9
TAKE ONE 49
CHATTER 168
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