Life 1998 - Abstracts

Life 1998
TitleSubjectAuthors
100 Best Things About America Now.General interestChristopher (American actor) Reeve
A eulogy for Michael.(Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s eulogy for his brother, Michael Kennedy)(Obituary)General interestRobert F. Kennedy Jr.
Ain't it Grand.(one year after the floods in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota)General interestErica Berger, Claudia Glenn Dowling, Linda Gomez
Andy's last shot.(melanoma cancer victim Andy Kilpatrick receives experimental vaccine; includes also brief advice on how vaccines work)(Discovery)(Illustration)General interestCynthia Fox, Pete Souze
Animal E.R.(veterinary doctors who provide quality care for pets)(Life Special)(Illustration)General interestCharles Hirshberg, Susan Watts
CAN A WEST AFRICAN PLANT SLOW THE SCOURGE OF DIABETES?(ethnobotanical research in Guinea)General interest 
Chuck Close: the magic of art: a master painter shows how he does it.General interestAllison Adato, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Country doctor.(David Loxterkamp)(Cover Story)General interestLynn Johnson, Claudia Glenn Dowling
El Duque.(the baseball pitcher Orlando Hernandez is fugitive from Cuba)(Face to Face)(Illustration)General interestAndrei Codrescu, David Graham
Eyewitness awards.(The Best Magazine Photography of the Year)General interest 
Fair play: corn dogs, contests and cows? Must be Iowa's state fair.(Illustration)General interestSylvia Plachy, Rex W. Huppke
Faith against the odds.(religious intolerance is faced by most sects throughout the world)(Cover Story)General interestJosh Simon, Derek Hudson, Cristina Garcia Rodero, Daniel Schwartz, Nancy Jo Johnson, Xiao-Ming li, Manuel Bauer, Thomas Hoepker, Don Doll, Bikas Das, Stephen Ferry
Faith in paint.(outsider artist Reverend Albert Wagner career has spanned 24years)(Face to Face)(Illustration)General interestNik Cohn, Mary Ellen Mark
Flight 800.(wreckage of the 747 plane two years after the crash)(Illustration)(Brief Article)General interestJeff Mermelstein, William Langewiesche
Going home.(the Unknown Soldier from the Vietnam war is identified and disinterred from Arlington National Cemetery)(Hero)(Illustration)General interestVanessa Bush, Manuello Pagnanelli
HEART SURGERY ENTERS THE AGE OF ROBOTICS.(robotic system for coronary bypass surgery)General interest 
High school heroes.(Springfield, Oregon, teenagers who performed amazingly heroic acts in facing shooting)(Cover Story)(Illustration)General interestLynn Johnson, Claudia Glenn Dowling
Hiker's Highway.(the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail will be 75 years old in 1998)(Journey)(Illustration)(Brief Article)General interestWilliam Bryson
How to raise septuplets.(living in a generous community, like Bobbi and Kenny McCaughley's, helps when bringing up septuplets)(Life Special)General interestMelissa Fay Green, Brooks Kraft
Kid's pictures to God.(children take photographs to show their impression of God)(includes related information and special thanks to other contributors)(Cover Story)General interestAllison Adato, Miriam Bensimhon
Life & times. (October 1998)General interest 
Like you, I haven't been sleeping well.(sleep disorders)(includes related information)(Cover Story)General interestRobert Sullivan, Joe McNally
Living Blues.(blues singers talk about the music)(Illustration)General interestJeff Dunas, Rakisha Kearns-White
Mercury's survivors - and flyboy pal Chuck Yeager - still have the right stuff. (Mercury Seven space team and heroism)General interestHarry Benson, Steve Lopez
Mississippi cleanup.(group bands together to save the Mississippi River)(Illustration)General interestAnthony Duignan-Cabrera, Micheal McLaughlin
Ms. West goes to Tokyo.General interestJanet Reitman, Anette Aurell
My two left feet.(ballroom dance competition; includes related article)General interestSasha Nyary, Robert Lipsyte, Dietmar
Our world awards.(The Best Magazine Photography of the Year)General interest 
Poetry U.S.A.General interestMelissa Faye Greene, Jillian Edelstein
Psychics: science or seance? A reporter visits the twilight zone.(includes related information)General interestHarry Benson, Kenneth Miller
Quitting The Streets: IN SAN FRANCISCO, HUNDREDS OF PROSTITUTES RECLAIM THEIR DIGNITY--AND THEIR LIVES.(includes related article on educating customers of prostitutes)General interestAnnette Foglino
Reminders: the echo of gunfire lingers in the mountains of New Hampshire.(American Place)(Illustration)General interestRobert Sullivan, James Rexroad
Rocket boys.(retired NASA engineer Homer H. Hickam, Jr., discusses his experiences in 1957 regarding Sputnik)(Autobiography)General interestHomer H. Hickam Jr.
Saving the last orangutans.(fire and logging are destroying the natural habitat of orangutans in Borneo)(Environment)(Illustration)General interestKenneth Miller, Alan Sheldon
Starting over.(nonprofit firm helps job seekers to look right for job search)General interestAllison Adato, William Mercer McLeod
Style awards.(The Best Magazine Photography of the World)General interest 
The 1998 Life dream house.General interestJenny Allen, Wayne Sorce
The busboy.(Juan Romero, witness to assassination of Robert Kennedy)General interestHarry Benson, Steve Lopez
The Eagle Lady.(Jean Keene feeds 400 eagles each day in Homer, Alaska)(Illustration)General interestDaniel Coyle, Frank Oberle
The Issue Is Life.General interest 
The last heroes: John Glenn flies us back to the age of innocence. (1962 US space orbit) (includes related article)(Cover Story)General interestRichard B. Stolley, Ralph Morse
The last of the whale hunters.(whale hunting in the South Pacific)General interestVanessa Bush, Bon Ishikawa
The Mattingly Gene.(Mattingly disorder research)General interest 
The simple life.(Eustace Conway lives in America's forests)(Illustration)General interestPatrick Cariou, Le Anne Schreiber
The thread of life: a Buddhist temple in Thailand has opened its doors to people with AIDS - and given us all a lesson in how to help others die with dignity.General interestJames Nachtwey, Vanessa Bush
THIS HARPIST'S JOB IS TO EASE THE PAIN, SOOTHE THE SOUL.General interestJoshua Simon
Universe in a puddle.(El Nino is destroying our tide pools)General interestSasha Nyary, George Howe Colt, Gary Braasch
Were you born that way?(genes for insomnia, optimism and obesity may be inherited but may not be destiny)(Cover Story)General interestAnne Hollister, George Howe Colt, Karen Kuehn
What I learned in school.(successful Americans tell of the best or worst thing that they learned in school)(Education)General interestLarry Grobel, Rakisha Kearns-White, Daren Fonda, Priya Giri, Zorianna Kit
When I learn to dance.(Dominican teenager has surgery to correct severe deformity)(Journey)(Illustration)General interestCharles Hirshberg, Ben Van Hook
WHEN YOU THINK OF GOD WHAT DO YOU SEE?(different faces of God in the US)General interestFrank McCourt
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