Editor's Memo
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Ronald Reagan Midterm
The President Is Still Going Strong at Halftime
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Joan Jett
Rock's Latest Leading Lady Earns Her Stripes with a Hard Look and a Hit Song
Pg. 32
Ariel Sharon
Stung by Backlash from the Beirut Massacre, a Defiant Warrior Battles on
Pg. 34
Princess Stephanie
Numbed by Her Mother's Death, a Sorrowing Teenager Has Lost Her Zest for Life
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Jessica Lange
A Talented Beauty Gets That Monkey Off Her Back with Two Major Films
Pg. 38
Herschel Walker
Forget the Heisman—Georgia's Got the Trophy That Counts: the Best Back in Football, Bar None
Pg. 40
Larry Gelbart
After 10 Years, M*A*S*H Departs, but the Man Who Wrote the Show Has a Wacky New Hit Called Tootsie
Pg. 42
Margaret Thatcher
With Churchill to Inspire Her, a Dogged Prime Minister Triumphs in a Nasty Little War
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Dr. William Devries
A Surgeon Touches the Soul with a New Machine
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Yuri Andropov
Emerging from the Shadows of the Soviet K.G.B., a Master Spy Takes Over Brezhnev's Kremlin
Pg. 56
George Wallace
Politically Recast as a Friend of Blacks, He Sought Their Votes and Forgiveness—and Got Both
Pg. 59
Paolo Rossi
A Handsome Soccer Hero Leads Italy to the World Cup and Wins Back the Hearts of His Countrymen
Pg. 60
Randall Forsberg
A Massachusetts Scholar Sounds the Nationwide Call to (Freeze) Arms
Pg. 62
Norma Kamali
Wowing Seventh Avenue Has Been No Sweat for Fashion's Greta Garbo
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E.T.
Short on Looks (but Not Loving Fans), An Alien Finds His Home in Hollywood
Pg. 68
Richard Gere
Officer Makes a Star, If Not Quite a Gentleman, Out of a Movie Maverick
Pg. 72
Sam Knox
An Authority on the Scourge of the Sexes Offers Some Consoling Facts to Legions of Victims
Pg. 75
Andrew Lloyd Webber
From the Bible to Back Alleys, Broadway's Hottest Composer Strikes All the Right Notes
Pg. 76
Evelyn Waugh
A Curmudgeon's Elegy for England's Upper Crust Becomes the Television Event of '82
Pg. 78
Barbra Streisand
At 40, the Brooklyn Songbird Returns to the Old World to Conquer a New One: Directing
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Ted Koppel
A Clear-Eyed Newshawk Surveys War and Peace and Revolutionizes Night-Owl Journalism
Pg. 84
Kiri Te Kanawa
New Zealand's Diva Hits the Top in Opera and Wins a Title by Acting Nothing Like a Dame
Pg. 90
Sun Myung Moon
Obedience to the Law of Diminishing Returns May Cost This Little King 18 Months Away from His Countinghouse
Pg. 92
Paul Newman
The Verdict Is In: a Risky Role May Win Blue Eyes That Elusive Oscar Gold
Pg. 95
A Slightly Wistful Salute to Those (Including Ourselves) Who Were Found Wanting in 1982
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The Takeover Didn't Take, but Bill Agee and Mary Cunningham Made One Merger That Works
Pg. 102
Life Swirls on for '82 Story Subjects
Hearst, Heller, Hiccupper, House, Hound and Hitter Face Capricious Times with Hurrahs and Harrumphs
Pg. 106
Do These People Ever Work?
Travels with Farrah and Ryan, or Around the World in 80 Soirées
Pg. 118
How to Tell a Real Woman
Pg. 120
The Spanish Sinatra Hits America, and Chris Cross Turns Another Page
Pg. 128
With a Leg Up at 20, Baryshnikov's Susan Jaffe Is a Shoe-in for Ballet Stardom
Pg. 132
For Riches, Glory and a Place in the Record Books, Five Champions Will Be Aiming Higher Next Year
Pg. 135
Psycho" Goes Home, Supie Gets a New Sweetie, 007 Sees Double and the Jedi Take Revenge
Pg. 138
Now That Fit Is It, No One Shapes Up Better Than French Designer Azzedine Alaïa
Pg. 142
Princess Grace, the Beaver's Return and a Soul-Ful Casablanca Foster Hopes for a Dickens of a Season
Pg. 145
Beard Forks Up Pasta, Prince Charles" Valet Unzips the Palace, and Mailer Digs into Egypt
Pg. 149
Here's Looking at You, Kids
In a Banner Year for Newborns, People Takes a Peek at Some Proud Parents and the Class Of—That's Right—2000
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