May 24, 1999

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Little Girl Lost

Dana Plato, the Lovable Star of Diff'rent Strokes, Grew Up to Be a Petty Crook, An Addict, An Alcoholic And, with Her Death at Age 34, a Hollywood Casualty

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The Way We Were

A Look Back at the Year People Began

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Volunteers

Even as a Newborn Signifies the Resilience of Hope, a Few Selfless Americans Give Their Time and Their Hearts to Kosovo's Refugees

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Bard Brain

Shel Silverstein's Whimsical Poems and Drawings Enchanted Readers of All Ages

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Hats Off!

Faith Hill, Shania Twain and Other Nashville Stars Traded Cowboy Gear for Hollywood Chic at the Academy of Country Music Awards

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Just the Ticket

With An Emmy, a Golden Globe and Now a New Book, Camryn Manheim Makes It Big

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Point Woman

Unshakable Nancy Mace Excels as the Citadel's First Female Graduate

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Escaped Crusader

Once Held Captive in Her Own Car, Janette Fennell Lobbies Carmakers for Emergency Trunk Releases

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Class Clown

Big Top Buff Lavahn Hoh Makes College a Barrel of Laughs for the Students in His Circus History Course

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Safe Hands

Devastated by a Grandson's Death, Frances Peabody Honors His Memory with Maine's First Aids Hospice

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Wearing Well

With His Dresses Ruling Hollywood and Sales as Strong as Ever, Valentino at 66 Remains the King of Glam Couture

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Field Day

Everything's Coming Up Roses for Life Actress Poppy Montgomery

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Act of Revenge

A Doctor Stands Convicted of a Deadly House Call: Injecting His Ex-Lover with Hiv

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Play, He Said

Where Can Poor Kids Have Fun and Be Safe? at the Oases Darell Hammond's Volunteers Are Constructing

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Feature Creatures

How Talented Are Director Alyssa Buecker's Guinea Pigs? They Opened a Screen Door

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Enjoying the View

Lisa Ling, 25, Joins the Ladies' Chorus Led by Barbara Walters

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House Divided

When a Waffle House Waitress Gets a $10 Million Lotto Ticket from a Customer, Her Coworkers Sue for Their Share

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A Time to Dance

School Shooting Victim Missy Jenkins Makes It to Her Prom in a Wheelchair

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Crown Jewel

Fooling the Doubters—including Herself—rana Raslan Becomes the First Arab Ever to Be Chosen as Miss Israel

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Well Healed

Eighties Soap-Opera Star and Singing Sensation Rick Springfield, Haunted by Depression for Years, Puts His Life Back in Tune

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Cast Away

Betty Martin's Fearful Illness Meant a Sentence to Exile

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Chamber Music

Richard Chamberlain Trapps New Fans and Old in Broadway's the Sound of Music

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Celebrate LIFE's 73rd Birthday

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Little Girl Lost

Dana Plato, the Lovable Star of Diff'rent Strokes, Grew Up to Be a Petty Crook, An Addict, An Alcoholic And, with Her Death at Age 34, a Hollywood Casualty

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