Gallery October 1979

ARTICLES AND FEATURES
31 INTERVIEW: CARROLL BAKER
"Baby Doll" talks about changing her sex-symbol image, her relationships with younger men, and extramarital sex.
40 COUNTDOWN ON AMERICA By J. David Truby
America is prime territory for a terrorist attack. The U.S. government may be doing little to protect us, but private industry is spending billions on anti-terrorist technology and security.
48 THE DAY THE UNITED STATES INVADED MEXICO A Future Scenario by Karl Hess
With the OPEC nations charging astronomical prices for oil, America's only option may be to take the oil we need. Would America go so far as to use a CIA-arranged terrorist uprising to get that oil?
66 FALL FASHIONS GO LEAN BUT NOT MEAN By Barbara McGinniss
Macho is out. Clean, lean, conservative styles are in.
70 CAN MEN AND WOMEN BE JUST FRIENDS? By Jay Molishever
Having women as friends brings a special joy to a man. However, the temptation of sex can ruin a platonic relationship. Here's how to handle it.
79 PRIVATE LIVES: WASHINGTON ROOMERS
A journalist settles in at an unusual rooming house in Washington, D.C., where he agrees to awaken a jaded but real-life Sleeping Beauty.
92 "WOULD YOU MIND TURNING OUT THE LIGHTS?" WOMEN'S LINES AND WHAT THEY MEAN Humor by Mollie Fermaglich
What she says is not necessarily what she means. Listen between the lines.
107 TETRA
Newest episode in an unusual sci-fi series.

PICTORIALS
43 LETTERS FOR LYNN
Photographs by Mary Gittel
53 THE "GIRL NEXT DOOR"
Amateur Erotic Photo Contest
57 SPECIAL GIANT PULL-PUT • CENTERFOLD OF THIS MONTH'S "GIRL NEXT DOOR"
72 THE ONE ESSENTIAL
Photographs by Peter Flodqvist
87 SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT
Photographs by Jean-Pierre Bourgeois

DEPARTMENTS
8 FEEDBACK
Letters from our readers.
19 PEOPLE PLACES AND THINGS
By Susan Toepfer
23 GALLERY AT LEISURE
Coin Collecting by Ted Schwarz
Screen by Tom Seligson
Music by Meridee Merzer
Power by Robert Angus
Books by Donald New love
36 SPEAKING OUT: HOW MUCH DOES UNCLE SAM KNOW ABOUT YOU? MAY BE TOO MUCH. By Kay Marie Porterfield and Walter Lide
The Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts can help you find out what the government knows about you, and if it's the truth.
38 ENVIRONMENTAL ALERT By Jane Bayer
Environmental trouble-spot update.
84 INSIDE-OUT
Medical advice by Peter Frishauf and Katharine Rice
Bartholin cysts; vibrators for men; unhealthy health foods.
114 FACE TO FACE: INDIRA GANDHI
Willem Oltmans talks with the former prime minister of India