July 26, 1999

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Soccer's Happiest Feat

After a Monster Win, America's Soccer Superstars Finally Get Their Kicks and a World Cup Trophy

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The Way We Were

A Look Back at the Year People Began

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Hail to the Champs

Meet the Magnificent Eleven, the Starry Starting Lineup of America's Indomitable Dream Team

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Derailed

Accused Railroad Killer Rafael Resendez Ramirez Calls Off the Chase, Quietly Surrendering in El Paso, Texas

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Changing Gere

The Once Childproof Star Faces Fatherhood with His Girlfriend, Former Law & Order Actress Carey Lowell

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Hot Stuff

Firefighter John Bartlett Picked Up a Dirty Diaper and Found a New Way to Swaddle Misbehaving Flames

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Light on Her Feet

Maid-Turned-Author Freddie Mae Baxter, 75, Turns a Scrappy Life into a Joyous Memoir

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Unreal Estate

Somebody Beat You to the Web Address You Wanted? Eric Gullichsen Can Fix You Up—from the Isle of Tonga

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Hidden in Plain Sight

To Evade the Law During Her 23 Years as a Fugitive, Radical Kathleen Soliah Reinvented Herself as a Mom Next Door

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Hitting the Big Time

As Mini-Me in the Austin Powers Sequel, 32-Inch Verne Troyer Finds That Stardom Fits

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Overcomer

Wheelchair-Bound in His Final Years, James Farmer Stood Tall on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Struggle

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Boy of Summer

TV's Michael Badalucco Turns Killer in Spike Lee's Sam

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Ape Abode

A Band of Hairy Newcomers Helps the Philadelphia Zoo Heal After a Heartbreaking Fire That Killed 23 Primates

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Moral Victory

Falsely Jailed for Sex Abuse, a Psychologist Wins Vindication—14 Years Too Late

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All in the Family

Acting Heir Jeff Bridges Learned from His Dad, Lloyd, That Happiness Begins at Home

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Point Man

Cartoonist Aaron McGruder Draws a Bead on Racial Tension in "The Boondocks"

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Spokespersons

To Give Their Three Kids the Ultimate Geography Lesson, Billy and Patti Romp Awarded Them a Roads Scholarship

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Stars' Silly Faces: Whose Is Best?

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Soccer's Happiest Feat

After a Monster Win, America's Soccer Superstars Finally Get Their Kicks and a World Cup Trophy

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