Erma Bombeck, the Housewives" Boffo Boswell, Finds Life Is Anything but the Pits
Pg. 30
Beleaguered Taiwan Gets a New President Named Chiang—but Like Father, Not Always Like Son
Pg. 34
Paloma Picasso's Blue Period Is Over—she's Got a New Husband and a Share of Pablo's Cache
Pg. 36
A Guileless Minnow in Waters of Intrigue, Alan Van Norman Is Tossed Back by East Germany
Pg. 38
Bruised and Bearing Orange Juice Stains, Gays Battle Maureen Gieber and V.o.i.c.e. in Eugene
Pg. 43
Attorney General Griffin Bell Sometimes Feels Like An Unhappy Ringer in Washington
Pg. 44
If Playing Jill Kinmont Weren't Painful Enough, Marilyn Hassett's Next Role Is Sylvia Plath
Pg. 50
Author John Rechy Describes—and Defends—his Shocking Life as a 'sexual Outlaw'
Pg. 61
Olga Jonasson Cuts Through the Sexist Barriers and Takes Over Surgery at Cook County Hospital
Pg. 67
Sixteen Tons Is Child's Play to Rick Larson; He Hauls More in Three Days at the Coal Pile
Pg. 71
Should Grandparents Adopt? a Saigon Orphan Says Yes—with a Philadelphia Accent
Pg. 79
An Air Pocket, a Crash, and Lauren Elder Alone Walked Down into the Valley of Life
Pg. 84
Wherein the Party of the First Part, Expert Alan Siegel, Wants to Ban Contract Legalese
Pg. 90
The Next Big Quake Has Already Rocked L.A.; It's the Excitable Warren Zevon
Pg. 97
How Do You Buy $120 Worth of Groceries for 79 Cents? Just Ask Coupon Queen Mary Anne Hayes
Pg. 107
It Took 'Planned Parenthood" 62 Years to Pick a Woman Boss
Pg. 111
Rule No. 1 of Pierre Franey's New Kitchen Is Too Few Corks Spoil the Broth
Pg. 117
Chorines Are a Diamond a Dozen in the Extravaganzas of Girly Guru Donn Arden
Pg. 122
