November 30, 1998

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Nifty at Fifty

Increasingly Popular and Productive, Prince Charles Finds He Needs No Crown to Feel Euphoric on His Birthday

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After the Storm

Americans of Goodwill Help Battered Honduras Recover from Mitch's Assault

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Being There

Tipper Gore's Photographs Tell the Story of a Ravaged People's Refusal to Quit

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Sky High

Following His Rousing Reentry, Senior Spaceman John Glenn Receives a Heavenly Greeting on Earth

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Battleground

A New Court Ruling Reopens the Fight for Custody of the Children of O.J. and Nicole

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Last Laugh

Forget the Critics. The Waterboy Star Adam Sandler Is Spinning Stupidity into Record-Breaking Gold

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Troubled Waters

Wynonna Judd and Her Husband, a Former Boat Salesman, Run Aground

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Law and Ardor

As Ally McBeal's Fierce Rival, Law-Schooled Portia De Rossi Knows Whereof She Pleads

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Yo, Hadrian!

Though He Has Spent 13 Years Sketching This Ancient Roman Wall, Cool Hand Alan Whitworth Plans to Rock on

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White House Mouth

Joe Lockhart Brings Biting Wit and Fierce Loyalty to the Daunting Job of Press Secretary

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Dog Gone

An Airline Lost Boris; Now His Owner Bites Back

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Wall of China

Lose or Break a Favorite Piece of Porcelain? Ceramics Sleuth Bob Page Can Help You Meet Your Match

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Kindest Cut

Frazzled (and Famous) Parents Tote Their Tots to Cozy Wolan's Salons, Where Trims Are Terror-Free

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On the Cuff

Gloved Sleeves Give Chuck Mellon Fashion's Hot Hand

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Star Warrior

John Rummel of Nasa Stands Between You and Alien Life-Forms

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Foot Soldier

Sammo Hung's Martial Law: Never Say Ouch

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A Different Drum

Bon Jovi Beat-Keeper Tico Torres Snares a Second Career as An Artist of Note

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Gale Force

Weather—or Not? When It Comes to Tracking Hurricanes in the Gulf, No One Matches Meteorologist Nash Roberts

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Straight Up

Prickly Conservative Janet Folger Enrages Gays with Ads Claiming They Can Be 'Cured' with Hope and Prayer

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Working Asset

When Her Boss Needed a Kidney, Nancy Nearing Volunteered for the Job

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Life Support

A Nun Asks Potential Victims to Urge That Their Killers Not Be Killed

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Song of Hope

Shattered by the Suicide of Her Nephew Kurt Cobain, Mari Earl Strives to Keep Teens Drug-Free—and Alive

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In the Cards

Down Syndrome Hasn't Kept Carrie Clise from Creating a Booming Business Out of Her Singular Sketches

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Taking Mom's Advice

After 35 Years, Elizabeth Winship Hands Over Her Ask Beth Column to Her Daughter

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Charity Belle

Colleen Willoughby Helps Women Give Money Away

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Short Circuit

After Years of Wild Stage Antics, Rocker Rick James Suffers a Stroke That Sidetracks a Promising Comeback

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Basic Trainer

Dess Oliver Puts His Shop Students on the Right Track

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Power of One

Civil Rights Stalwart Stokely Carmichael (Renamed Kwame Turé) Never Quit the Struggle for Black Power

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Task Master

Think the Homeless Don't Want to Work? the Founder of Ready, Willing & Able Says He's Proving Otherwise

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Head Case

Archeologist James Chatters Speaks for Science in a Fight Over the Fate of a 9,000-Year-Old Skeleton

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Silent No More

Rape Survivor Nancy Raine Writes Her Way to Recovery

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Paper Roses

Rather Than Seeking Stars' Autographs, Victoria Leacock Picked Something Personal: Their Drawings of Flowers

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Trading Places

A Mining Exec Surrenders to Guerrillas to Free a Kidnapped Employee in Colombia

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Hot Pursuit

A California College Student Vanishes, and Her Family Won't Let a Suspect Put It Behind Him

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Grateful Dude

MTV's Jesse Camp Trades Street Life for the Sweet Life

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Eye Opener

Joshua Silver's New Glasses Could Let Millions See Clearly

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Baby Steps

One Year and Several Thousand Diapers Later, the McCaughey Septuplets Call It a (Birth)day

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2001: A Space Odyssey

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Nifty at Fifty

Increasingly Popular and Productive, Prince Charles Finds He Needs No Crown to Feel Euphoric on His Birthday

Table of Contents

2001: A Space Odyssey

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