October 04, 1999

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Step by Step

For Women Facing the Grief of Widowhood, Healing Begins by Meeting the Needs of Children and Jobs—and the Passage of Time

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The Way We Were

A Look Back at the Year People Began

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Saturday Night Fever

From Connie Conehead to Chico Escuela, the Not Ready for Prime Time Players Talk About the Then and the Now

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Sketch Artists

From the Obscure to the Renowned, SNL Alumni Prove There's Life After Live TV

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Last One in

Actor Richmond Arquette Finally Gets in Step with His Famous Siblings

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The Searchers

Stargazers Jack Welch and Jill Tarter Scan the Skies for Signs of Intelligent Life

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True Devotion

In a Russia Swept by Change, One Constant Remained: Raisa Gorbachev's Love for Her Husband, and His for Her

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Center Courting

The Agassi and the Ecstasy? Andre and His New Love, Tennis Ace Steffi Graf, Go Public

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Chief of Choctaw Inc.

Phillip Martin Has Transformed His Tribe from a Poor Cousin to a Rich Uncle

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Class Act

Spunky Chicago Educator Esmé Raji Codell Shares a Passion for Storytelling

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Intensive Caregiver

Tough-Minded Ruth Rothstein Puts Chicago's Public Hospitals on the Road to Recovery

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Ears Wide Open

Turning His Home into An Audio Time Capsule, Archivist Tony Schwartz Has Collected the Sounds of Our Lives

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Cheap Date

A Couple Walk Down the Aisle in Style by Lining Up Merchants to Foot the Tab—in Return for Heartfelt Plugs

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Space Case

In the '60s, Bill Dana's Humor Gave America—and Its Astronauts—a Huge Lift

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Politics as Unusual

Running for President Holds No Fear for Ex-POW John McCain

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Snooze Alarm

Sleep Doc William Dement Argues That Too Little Shut-Eye Has Become a National Nightmare

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Victory at Sea

Navy Rescuers Pluck Gerald Keeth and His Shipmates from the Clutches of Floyd

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Skeleton Crew

A Monumental Opera Stage in Austria Thrills—and Chills—Audiences

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Among Trusted Friends

At 65, Brigitte Bardot Finds Peace with the Animals She So Fiercely Defends

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A Vine Time!

Guests Soak Up the Benifits of Mathilde Thomas's Grape Expectations

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Stars' Silly Faces: Whose Is Best?

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Step by Step

For Women Facing the Grief of Widowhood, Healing Begins by Meeting the Needs of Children and Jobs—and the Passage of Time

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Stars' Silly Faces: Whose Is Best?

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Kellan's Hot Shot

5 Funniest Moments from Daytime TV

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