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Pg… 4 Editor's Note: The Importance of Being There.
Pg… 7 The View from Here: Perfection Lost––the Anguish of Herpes by Loudon Wainwright.
Pg… 10 Letters.
Pg… 15 Camera at Work: A New Technique Called Phototherapy Reveals Secrets of the Mind.
Pg… 27 Portrait: Tom Bradley, The Mayor of LA Is California Dreamin' by Robert Sam Anson.
Pg… 36 The Keepers and Their Killer: A Sensational Murder Trial Shows That Texas Prisoners Are Both Efficient and Cruel.
Pg… 46 The Body Shapers: Women Take to the Gym to Discover the Joys of Pecs––and Lats and Ads
Pg… 54 How Is He Playing in Peoria? A Staunch Reaganite, Illinois Congressman Robert Mitchel, Faces His Toughest Race.
Pg… 65 Buffoons with Bite: Canada's SCTV Skewers the Famous on "the Funniest Show on the Air."
Pg… 77 LIFE Visits Armand Hammer: While Pinning down the Biggest Domestic Deal of His Career, the Fancier Shows off His Homes, His Horses in His Art.
Pg… 87 Ann–Margaret: in Her First US Roadshow, The Vivacious Vixen Is Wowing'em out There
Pg… 94 The Longest Season of Bucky Dent: The Story behind the Benching and Trading of the Yankees Star Shortstop by Robert Sam Anson.
Pg… 112 Baby in the Office: For One Mother in California, Bringing Toddler Carrey to Work Is an Idea That Pleases Everyone
Pg… 118 America, How Beautiful: Photographer William Garnett Provides a Birds–Eye View of the Planet Earth
Pg… 127 Smoke Shops: In New York City, Some 800 "Stores" Sell Marijuana over the Counter.
Pg… 133 Sculpture with a Short Fuse: The Latest Artworks by Dennis Oppenheim Are Machines That Blow up
Pg… 138 LIFE around the World: Disney's Epcot Center Opens… Cosmonauts Make a Splash… Polish Youths Remember the V
Pg… 144 Just One More. : Cover Photograph by Tony Costa
