Playgirl # 135, August 1984 Magazine

FEATURES
20 PEOPLE: DIRK BENEDICT by Sue Russell
This loner came face to face with Mr. T and The A-Team—and found stardom.
25 TRUE LOVE by Dr. Kenneth Piazza
You can surmount the pain of love's rough spots and develop a program for change.
46 SEX AND ANGER by Sherry Suib Cohen
When your pulse speeds up, your breathing becomes irregular and your muscles tense, are you in the throes of anger—or in the heat of sexual arousal?
74 HIS MOTHER—YOUR TOUGHEST RIVAL by Barbara Wilcox
Is your mate still knotted up in his mom's apron strings? Help him cut loose.
90 HOW MEN FEEL ABOUT THEMSELVES (DOWN THERE) by Bettina Arndt
More than a symbol of masculinity, a man's penis mirrors his inner sexual self.
SPECIAL SECTION
61 PLAYGIRL'S SALUTE TO THE OLYMPICS
62 GOING FOR THE GOLD by Crystal Chow
A look at the United States' hottest hopes for the medals in Los Angeles.
64 THE OLYMPIC LEGACY
Thousands of years ago, Olympians competed nude, a concept we've updated.
PROFILE
30 DUSTIN HOFFMAN by David Thomson
From Tootsie to Death of a Salesman, a big little man who knows no limits.
WARM BODIES
51 STEPHEN SCOTT
From the Great White North: One cool Canadian becomes our Man for August.
94 CHEEK-TO-CHEEK
A salute to and a celebratory backward glance at some titillating tushes.
FASHION AND BEAUTY
38 24-HOUR LIFESTYLE BOOSTERS by Ann Field
How to suit your fashion needs for work or play, any hour of the day.
FICTION
98 FALL WEEKEND by Margery Schneider
This was autumn instead of spring, and her young man's fancy was turning in entirel he wrong direction.
DEPARTMENT
3 LETTERS
4 ADVICE by Theresa Crenshaw, M.D.
6 MUSIC by Mark Rowland
6 FILM by Molly Haskell
8 BOOKS by David Thomson
10 HEALTH by Nancy Friedman
12 QUIZ by Sherry Suib Cohen
14 LIFESTYLE STRATEGIES by Laura Meyers
18 GROOMING by Ann Field
18 EXERCISE
18 UPDATE
58 STARSCOPE by Elizabeth
85 EROTICA
104 GOSSIP by Bette Noire
110 THE ENTERTAINING WOMAN
112 COMING UP