9 MAIL
Readers betray biases.
14 OPENERS
How to handle a jug.
25 SEX TAPES
Do you like your partner chubby or svelte?
30 REVUE
Mano is fired!
38 PENNY
She's waiting to buy your thoughts.
44 A THREE-DAY DRUNK WITH JOE WAMBAUGH by Larry Cole
Our author joins up with America's most literary cop for a night out with the
choirboys.
48 DIRTY-TALK CHIC
Gutter-mouths were once outré, but now some foul language is showing up
in the best of places.
52 THE CORPSE WITH NO NAME by James Whitman
A man is murdered in Boston and, despite an international search employing the
most sophisticated methods known, no one knows who he is.
56 A COWARD'S GUIDE TO X-RATED MOTELS by Michael Price
"Oh, we'll have some hot-pillow hospitality, but hold the whips and chains."
60 CARRIE
She has these dreams that keep her up at night.
70 CONVERSATION WITH SUSAN HARRIS
The creator of Soap defends her honor, blasts her critics and explains why sexuality
is funny.
74 SOMETIMES A GREAT POTION
The hangover—that most painful of holiday afflictions— is tracked
down and cured.
76 DIRT-CHEAP SUPERCARS
Your portfolio should include some heavy mothers. What other stock goes from 0-60
in four seconds?
80 OUI'S HOLIDAYS by Robert S. Wieder
A plea for much-needed celebrations: like Downer's Day, Nonveteran's Day and Forget-It
Day.
82 HOSE PLAY
Girl and photographer fool around in a spa, get all hot and bothered and, mercifully,
are hosed down.
90 JUDGMENT DAY FOR A CRUSadeR by Chuck Ashman
The Reverend Billy, flanked by his lawyer Richard Nixon, tries to storm the pearly
gates.
97 ISABELLE
She resins up her bow.
105 THE GREAT WOOFING CONTEST by Richard D. Smith
A hard-hat and a Puerto Rican get down to the fine art of girl baiting.