Genesis August 1982

INTRO
The Kremlin's best secret weapon may be the United States. When the Soviets can't simply buy our high technology over the counter, KGB agents turn to theft and bribery. But now Washington is toughening up.

6 GENESIS FORUM lets readers talk back.
WINNERS:
17 REAL MEN get their own guidebook.
18 PULLING WEIGHTS
Muscle myths and supermen.
20 HAVING A BALL mixes technology and eroticism in a gift that hums.
21 CALIFORNIA DRINKIN' is on the house when you go to the source.
22 TAKE-OUT HOMES are sold like used cars—but you better have a lot.
24 RUSSIA'S SECRET WEAPON: AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY
Spies in the U.S. are boosting Russia's military might by stealing us blind.
Christopher Simpson
26 VIEWPOINT: CUT OFF THE SOVIETS
A Commerce Department official argues that the only way to deal with the Russians is to deal them out.
Lawrence J. Brady
28 MAKE YOUR $1,000 GROW
Many banks make big promises in their ads—but can they make you rich?
David Fritz
30 LENA
Photography: J. Stephen Hicks
38 PHOTO/INTERVIEW: CHARLIE DANIELS
Southern rock's patriotic hell-raiser speaks out on America, music, big cities, and crime.
Michael Bane
42 GENESIS JOKES trace the birth of a candy bar.
44 ELECTRONIC COMMUTERS
Get to work by computers without ever leaving home. Their arrival may cause a revolution in rural life.
David Sleeper
48 APRIL STILES: OUR AMATEUR EROTIC PHOTO CONTEST ANNUAL WINNER
Photography: Steve Pettit
60 BATTLE OF THE STARS: GENESIS'S ALL-STAR BASEBALL PICKS
The yearly confrontation promises fans fireworks and the American League a chance to break the jinx.
John Vergara
62 "FRIENDS & LOVERS" AMATEUR EROTIC PHOTO CONTEST presents a summer showcase of sighs, thighs, buttocks, and buns.
74 UNDERCOVER ADVISER reveals the case of a man who got hooked on a hooker and lived happily ever after.
Advice: Lesllie Bovée
78 CALIFORNIA BRANDY: THE SPIRIT OF THE GRAPE
What once was the province of the French is making a name for the Golden State.
Adrian Cook
81 ANNIE
Photography: RBK
89 SEXSTYLES: GERMAN BREW
Take two guys in the army. Toss in two vacationing Vassar girls. Stir in a lot of sex. Watch things come to a head.
94 PAMELA
Photography: Donald Milne
102 X-RATED VIDEO: Wicked Sensations, Taboo, The Blonde, and Exhausted.
Manny Neuhaus
104 X-RATED FILMS: Beauty, Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle, and My Sister Seka.
Colette Connor