ARTICLES AND FEATURES
31 INTERVIEW: Richard Lewis
He's a young comic who is slightly neurotic and totally hilarious. He also has
some powerful insights on the roller-coaster life of making it in the world
of comedy.
40 THE SLOW DYING OF THE AMERICAN ARMY An investigative report
by Richard A. Gabriel
The American Army as a fighting force is in big trouble. Professor Richard A.
Gabriel reveals why another land war could be catastrophic for the United States.
50 DO SCIENTISTS BELIEVE IN GOD? By Isaac Asimov
Scientists and religious scholars have traditionally been light-years apart
in their thinking. Now many scientists are taking up the banner of theology—and
abandoning their faith in reason. Asimov predicts grave consequences if this
trend continues.
66 TIGER TANK Fiction by Janwillem van de Wetering
Brigitte is a beautiful, seven-foot German blonde, set loose in the jungle of
South America. But appearances can be deceiving.
70 OVERCOMING SHYNESS By Janet Gardner
Nervous? Especially with women? You can rid yourself of sweaty palms forever.
Calm down and read this.
79 PRIVATE LIVES: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
She wants a low-key romance. He wants a high-pitched affair. A true story of
the harmonic, erotic relationship between an opera singer and a Chicago book
salesman.
92 RUBY Humor by Alan Platt
Ruby is a woman who stands out—even in the middle of wacky Hollywood Boulevard.
A passing taxi driver learns that Ruby has assets other than just her nylon
meringue hair and hourglass figure.
107 TETRA Created by Malcolm McNeill
The woman and the sentient spacecraft discover new forms of life as they visit
the first planet.
PICTORIALS
44 SAVING GRACE
Photographs by Leslie Turtle
53 THE "GIRL NEXT DOOR" Amateur Erotic Photo Contest
37 SPECIAL GIANT PULL-OUT CENTERFOLD OF THIS MONTH'S "GIRL NEXT DOOR"
73 A CALGARY INVITATION Photographs by Siwer Ohlsson
87 A DATE IN FIJI
Photographs by Michael Legg
DEPARTMENTS
8 FEEDBACK
Letters from our readers.
19 PEOPLE. PLACES AND THINGS By Susan Toepfer
23 GALLERY AT LEISURE
Hosting by Sheldon Marks
Music by Meridee Merzer
TV by Tom Seligson
Sports by Bernard Kirsch
Books by Donald Newlove
38 ENVIRONMENTAL ALERT By Jerry Shields
Environmental trouble-spot update.
84 INSIDE-OUT Medical advice by Peter Frishauf and Katharine Rice
Syphilis, stress, aphrodisiacs, and a nervous girlfriend.
114 FACE TO FACE: LORD CHALFONT
Willem Oltmans in a discussion with England's foremost military expert.