When It's a Woman
As Geraldine Ferraro Starts Stumping, Image-Makers and Poll-Takers Ponder Her Style and Plot a New Kind of Campaign
Pg. 30
No Longer a Young Turk at 39, Rod Stewart Copes with a Defection and a Divorce
Pg. 34
Barefoot Girl Zola Budd Runs Heart and Sole for Her New Country, England
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A Stricken Coal Miner's Daughter Mourns the Drowning of Her Favorite Son
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Amid Montgomery's Racial Strife, a Mystery Man Tries to Keep Things Friendly
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A Decade After His Downfall, a Resurgent Richard Nixon Still Stirs Mixed Emotions and Memories
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Niels Nielsen Doesn't Take New Hampshire's Old Man for Granite
Pg. 61
A Onetime Olympic Gymnast Overcomes the Bulimia That Threatened Her Life
Pg. 68
A Novelist's Eye, a Humanist's Heart and a Hot Band Make Rubén Blades Salsa's Numero Uno
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A Flight Plan to Glory Ends Tragically for Bomber, the Official Bald Eagle of the 1984 Olympics
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Broadway's Bare Market Is Bullish on Hurlyburly Star Judith Ivey
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After 20 Years Awash in Booze and Drugs, Troy Donahue Prizes His Sobering Discoveries
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Up and Coming
With Gags, Gimmicks and Offbeat Props, a New Generation of Comics Shtiks It to Us on Their Way to Future Stardom
Pg. 103
Britain's Daley Thompson Makes Points with the Ladies and Racks Up More in the Decathlon
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Can't Find a Thing in That Pandora's Box You Call a Closet? Summon Spacemaker Neil Balter
Pg. 114
Michael Winslow's Ear for Weird Noises Has Had a Sound Effect on His Career
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On Tour
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Cover Description
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