October 18, 1999

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Going to Extremes

As Stars Downsize to Meet Hollywood's New Ideal, They May Be Risking Their Health—and Setting Dangerous Standards for Their Followers

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The Way We Were

A Look Back at the Year PEOPLE Began

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Where There's a Will

Knowing What It Is to Live in a Wheelchair, Jennifer Arnold Trains Canine Companions to Help the Handicapped Cope

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A Comic's Sad Story

Stricken by An Incurable Brain Disease, Dudley Moore Bravely Fights on with Wit and Grit

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Packing Promise

Little Makenzie Snyder Helps Foster Children Carry the Load

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Royal Roadshow

Newly Chic, Di's Former Nemesis Comes to the U.S. Seeking Acceptance from High Society as Prince Charles's Lady Love

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Revenge of the Nerd

Martin Frankel Lived Like a Market Midas, Until His Multimillion-Dollar Scam Went Poof

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Cleaning Up

Two Georgia Women Help Wage Legal War to Reform a Hellish Juvenile Detention Center

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Boy in the Blue Suit

Dangerously Allergic, Travis Parker, 9, Is Freed from a Life of Hiding from Sunlight

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Back on Track?

Farrah Fawcett Rekindles Her Life with a New TV Movie and Returns to Her Roots Deep in the Heart of Texas

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Hum and Get It

Hungry? Like Sugar? Stop by Jesse Hendrix's House. Nine Thousand Hummingbirds a Day Can't Be Wrong

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Single Minded

Flexing Her Muscles, the Spice Girls' Melanie Chisholm (Sporty) Tackles the Music Game on Her Own

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For the Record

'Do You Believe in God?' Asked a Columbine Gunman. Who Really Answered, 'Yes'?

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The Walkman Man

Sony's Akio Morita Made Sure That Music Lovers Could Tune Out the World

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Donor-Ville

Jennifer Hammond's Grief Helps Inspire a Small Town to Be Big-Hearted About Signing Organ Pledge Cards

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Winning Ways

In Her Bestseller See Jane Win, Cleveland Psychologist Sylvia Rimm Explores the Road to Female Success

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Sorrow and Pity

Newly Unearthed Letters by Mary Todd Lincoln Sketch a Portrait of Despair

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Juddernaut

Suddenly Susan-Less, Judd Nelson Streaks Ahead with a String of Movies and a Laid-Back Outlook on Life

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Skin Deep

Cristina Carlino's Philosophy Cosmetics and Creams Seek to Treat the Surface—and the Soul

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The Right Puff

Sean "Puffy" Combs Has the Hip-Hop World on a String—and Jennifer Lopez on His Arm

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All-American Girl

In the Choir or in Rose Petals, Mena Suvari Heats Up American Pie and American Beauty

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He's So Vein

Dracula's Heir Lives in a Castle and Collects Blood—but Never Touches the Stuff: It's for the Red Cross

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Celebrate LIFE's 73rd Birthday

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Going to Extremes

As Stars Downsize to Meet Hollywood's New Ideal, They May Be Risking Their Health—and Setting Dangerous Standards for Their Followers

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