ARTICLES AND FEATURES
31 INTERVIEW: MEAT LOAF AND JIM STEINMAN
Two of pop music's newest, brightest discoveries hold forth on performing, loving,
eating, and growing up in the Sixties—and Gallery interviewer Susan Toepfer
was there to take it all down.
40 TORTURE: THE SHOCKING STORY OF AMERICA'S INVOLVEMENT IN A HUmma-porn-star">UmaN NIGHTMARE Investigative
Report by William Hoffman
Did you know that the U.S. was lending its know-how and its money to torture programs
throughout the world? Here is the full story—hard to believe, yet harder
to deny.
52 THE CRUMBLING DOLLAR: INFLATION...NO END IN SIGHT By Walter Gutman
Get ready for the $14 hamburger. We're in for a long siege of inflation, argues
a noted financial analyst, and most of the traditional cures no longer work.
70 THE HEALTH PLAN Fiction by J.S. Weill
Shirley had no trouble getting close to her bosses. But why was it that once they
got close, her bosses couldn't keep up with her?
80 GROWING TOGETHER OR GROWING APART? By Carole Bovoso
Long before a relationship breaks up, each partner gives off subtle signals that
something is amiss. Here's a guide to spotting those crucial signs.
83 PRIVATE LIVES: THE PAINTER AND THE MODEL
Ron usually liked his models to have that "come hither" look, and Carmela
was more of the forlorn waif type. But he painted her anyway—and was he
surprised!
91 LOOKING GOOD: THE RAZOR'S EDGE By Louis Botto
You can get a close, clean shave no matter what kind of skin you have. Here's
news of the latest products and tips for problem skin. Good-bye nicks.
92 DON'T BE SHY—ADVERTISE Humor by Alphonse Simonaitis
All you nymphomaniacs, heartbreakers, and dirty old men: come get advice on how
to get results in today's competitive flesh market!
PICTORIALS
45 NAKED: BEHIND THE SCENES OF A MAJOR NEW SEX FANTASY FILM By Jack Richardson
55 THE "GIRL NEXT DOOR" Amateur Erotic Photo Contest
59 SPECIAL GIANT PULL-OUT CENTERFOLD OF THIS MONTH'S "GIRL NEXT DOOR"
WINNER
73 DIVER DIVERSIONS
Photographs by Thaddeus
95 SPOILED SPORT
Photographs by Peter Kent
DEPARTMENTS
8 FEEDBACK
Letters from our readers.
19 GALLERY AT LEISURE
Sports by Bernard Kirsch Music by Meridee Merzer Screen by Tom Seligson Books
by Donald Newlove
27 PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS
By Susan Toepfer
37 SPEAKING OUT: MESSING UP THE WHITE HOUSE By Al Aronowitz Jimmy Carter and his crew do things their way—and Washington society is
up in arms. Jeans in the White House! What next?!
88 INSIDE-OUT
Advice by Peter Frishauf and Katharine Rice.
108 CAMPUS ROUNDTABLE
Editors of leading college newspapers state their opinions on: Why do men want
to marry virgins? What proportion of virgins are there on your campus? Why do
students choose to keep their virginity?
