COVER STORY: Why is Rockville Centre, NewYork, going wild? Because native daughter KAREN VELEZ is our 1985 Playmate of the Year. Our cover, shot by Contributing Pho- tographer Richard Fegley and produced by West Coast Photo Editor Marilyn Grabowski, features Karen in a pose that’s suitably suggestive of Venus. Want to join our celebration of Karen’s coronation? Turn to page 128. PICTORIALS: VANITY RARE-pictorial, featuring VANITY. KATHY GOES TO HOLLYWOOD-playboy’s playmate of the month, KATHY SHOWER. PLAYMATE OF THE YEAR-pictorial: KAREN VELEZ. ARTICLES/FEATURES/FICTION/INTERVIEW: PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: BOY GEORGE-candid conversation. CAMPUS SEX-article . . .JAMES R. PETERSEN. MORE THAN THE SUM OF HIS PARTS-fiction . . .JOE HALDEMAN. SEDUCTIVE SKILLETRY-food . . .HERBERT B. LIVESEY. ROOKIE-article . . .DWIGHT GOODEN with RICHARD WOODLEY. PLAYBOY’S PARTY JOKES-humor. THE FALL OF SAIGON-article . . .DAVID BUTLER. INTERNATIONAL HOT LINES-fashion . . .NOLLIS WAYNE. SCORING-fiction . . .JAY CRONLEY. THE YEAR IN MOVIES. QUESTIONS: MARVIN HAGLER AND THOMAS HEARNS. PLAYBOY GUIDE: TRAVEL. PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE. PLAYBILL. DEAR PLAYBOY. PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS. SPORTS . . . DAN JENKINS. MEN . . .ASA BABER. WOMEN . . .CYNTHIA HEIMEL. AGAINST THE WIND . . .CRAIG VETTER. THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR. DEAR PLAYMATES. THE PLAYBOY FORUM.

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