PLAYBOY magazine May 1980 STEWARDESSES GAY TALESE MISS WORLD NUDE SILVANA SUAREZ MARTHA THOMSEN ISLAM

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COVER STORY: STEWARDESSES! The skies aren't just friendly, they're positively huggable when United Airlines' Tern Knepper is your flight attendant. Contributing Photographer Amy Freytag photographed Tern and pinned the emblem of our own Cottontail Airlines on her lapel. Hmm. Could we say the Rabbit wings improve her looks by a hare? PICTORIALS: THE (SUR)REAL MISS WORLD-PICTORIAL: SILVANA SUAREZ, former Miss Argentina, lends her statuesque form to our interpretations of the works of painter Ren� Magritte. CELESTIAL BEAUTY-playboy's playmate of the month: In an issue chock-full of stewardesses, MARTHA THOMSEN is our number-one highflying bird. This is your boarding pass to the centerfold. Enjoy 5'our trip. STEWARDESSES! PERFECT ATTENDANTS-pictorial: When it comes to moving our tail or doing what we do best, we're ready when you are, transporting nearly two dozen airborne ladies (and a couple of guys) from the friendly skies to 12 of our excitingly down-to-earth pages. ARTICLES/FEATURES/FICTION/INTERVIEW: PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: GAY TALESE-candid conversation: The author of the blockbuster new book (soon to be several movies) Thy Neighbor's Wife tells veteran PLAYBOY interviewer Larry DuBois about his eight-year exploration of America's sexual mores, the people he thinks are American sex pioneers and the effects of his research on his personal life. THE ISLAM CONNECTION-article . . . BRUCE MICHAEL CANS and WALTER L. LOWE: Imam Wallace D. Muhammad has transformed what was once the Black Muslim cult into the largest orthodox Moslem community in America, and for that reason alone, you ought to know about him. The Arabs certainly do. ETIQUETTE FOR THE EIGHTIES-humor . . . BRUCE FEIRSTEIN. SEX IN AMERICA: BOSTON-article . . . KEN BODE. THE TOUGHEST JOB IN SPORTS-article . . . JAY STULLER. MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE DUDE RANCH-travel . . . STEPHEN BIRNBAUM.