September 08, 1997

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Fighting Heart

Battling for His Life, An Olympic Champ Aims to Whip An Unsporting Enemy—Cancer

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Struck by Lightning: the Phrase Evokes Nature at Its Most Capricious and Deadly—but Many Victims Survive, Then Struggle to Heal

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Funny Business

Stars Toasted and Roasted Hollywood's Most Humorous at the American Comedy Honors

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One Last Mission

After 53 Years, a French Town Learns the Identity of the Unknown American Pilot Who Died There—and a Sister Learns the Fate of the Brother She Lost

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Germ Warfare

Author Nicols Fox Says There Are Ways to Defeat the E. Coli Scourge

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Oil Gusher

A $25 Auction Purchase Yields a Folk-Art Treasure Worth $250,000

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Uncharted Love

Diaries Say Amelia Earhart Wasn't a Homewrecker

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Remembering Amy

In South Africa, Linda and Peter Biehl Uphold a Daughter's Legacy of Hope

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Katie Ford

Two Years After Taking Control, Eileen's Daughter Has the Ford Modeling Agency Sitting Pretty

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Daughter Dearest

Christina Oxenberg's Novel Inflames Her Titled Family

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Kid of the Road

Dean Miller Still Sings for His Father, Roger

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A Tale Too True?

A Virginia Couple Sue Novelist Patricia Cornwell After a Mystery Novel Strikes Close to Home

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Attorney at Latte

Dallas Lawyer David Musslewhite's Daily Grind Mixes Java and Justice

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The Midas Touch

As Hair Colorist to Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Brad Johns Is Realizing His Blonde Ambition

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Diving Belle

Model-Aquanaut Mehgan Heaney-Grier Sinks to New Depths to Shatter Her Record

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Firebrand

Singer Paula Cole Turns Up the Heat with This Fire

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Odor Readers

Mary Dobson's Creative Kids' Books Make Scents of History

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Willing and Able

Cerebral Palsy Couldn't Keep Doug Blevins from a Place in Pro Football

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Bringing Back Baby

With Dirty Dancing Returning to the Screen, the Cast Recalls the Kicks and Camaraderie

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Celebrate LIFE's 73rd Birthday

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Fighting Heart

Battling for His Life, An Olympic Champ Aims to Whip An Unsporting Enemy—Cancer

Table of Contents

Celebrate LIFE's 73rd Birthday

Joe Aims High

Katherine's Birthday Girl

J.Lo's Sound Check

5 Funniest Moments from Daytime TV

David Beckham's Boys Day Out

Tim McGraw Bares His Sexy Arms