The 1979 Best of Gallery - April 1979

2 THE PUBLISHER'S PAGE
3 CONTENTS
4 THE BROKER'S FEE. Photographs by Leslie Turtle.
A woman in Eleanor's line of work usually receives a commission. This time, though, it's the other way 'round.
14 FEEDBACK. A selection of rather interesting letters from our readers.
17 MIND AND MATTER. Photographs by Leslie Turtle.
Women claim the prerogative of being able to change their minds. Which is fine. so long as they change nothing else.
32 TORTURE—THE SHOCKING STORY OF AMERICA'S INVOLVEMENT IN A HUMAN NIGHTMARE. 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.
37 NAKED: BEHIND THE SCENES OF A MAJOR NEW SEX FANTASY FILM By Jack Richardson.
They gathered at a plush country estate. Many were amateur actors discovered through the pages of Gallery. Here's the story of that sex-charged week of movie-making.
44 THE WEEK. Photographs by Hans Larsson.
When you are on a tight budget and that's all the vacation you get a year, you learn to make the most of it.
53 FROM BRAZIL, WITH AMOR. Photography by Bruce Setz.
"Out of sight, out of mind" or "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." Luisa Toba isn't taking any chances.
61 SALTY PARADISE. Photographs by Siwer Ohlsson.
By the time Jennifer and Cassy get through with Salt Cay, the place may have to be given a new name.
68 GREAT SEXPECTATIONS. By Carole Altman.
What's the best way to arouse a woman? Must lovemaking always end in orgasm? Fortunately for us all, sex is not a test with one right answer. And worrying that you're not living up to a mythical ideal standard can cause trouble for you and yours. Here's how to avoid the trap.
72 MUSEUM PIECE. Photography by Michael Brammen.
When he made the date to visit the museum with her, he had no idea that she would be the finest work of art in the place.
80 CARTOONS
82 THE 89th KEY. Photographs by Leslie Turtle.
A piano has 88 keys. Joan Elkin has only one. But hers make the sweetest sound of all.
91 MILE HIGH MS. Photographs by Leslie Turtle.
Here's another reason why Denver is known as "the mile-high city."
98 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?
103 THE LEO LAIR. Photographs by Loren.
If this tall, sultry redhead has a "lean and hungry look," it's only partly because of her name.
112 THE SHUTTERBUG
John saw the world—and its women—through the lens of his movie camera.
118 UNDERNEATH IT ALL: EROTIC VICTORIAN LINGERIE
Photographs by Geoff Howes. The romantic return of Victorian vanities.
124 BARBADOS: HIGH LIFE, LOW LAND. Photographs by Peter Kent.
It is barely a dot on the map, this island state in the West Indies. But its own low profile is more than offset by the shapes of its visitors.