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CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP RIGHT: ABC/GETTY IMAGES; FRANK TRAPPER/CORBIS; DANA GALLAGHER; GLASSES ILLUSTRATION BY NICOLE KAUFMAN; MONEY ILLUSTRATION BY CHI BIRMINGHAM
MAKE ROOM
FOR LAUGH TER
Marlo Thomas with
dad Danny, right, and
Uncle Miltie in 1971.
What’s
New
13 Sixties Redux
Cat’s-eye glasses and
gray blazers are back
15 Newsmakers
A Harlem educator
is revolutionizing the
way kids learn
16 Entertainment
John Malkovich
sees Red, and a
Beach Boy interprets
George Gershwin
Money
30 Hey, Big Lender
How to provide
financial help to
loved ones—without
going broke yourself
34 Sold! Easy
Home-Sale Secrets
Insider advice on
selling your dwelling
in a down market
Plus: Home renovations that pay for
themselves—and
those that don’t
Health
19 Feelings
How touch affects
our relationships
20 Diabetes
You can beat it
22 Nutrition
’ Tis the season for
a vital veggie
24 Dr. Oz
Sleep better—tonight!
26 Fitness
Lose weight without
breaking a sweat
Travel
36 Holidays,
Southern-Style
Want to have fun
helping the Gulf
Coast? Visit now!
40 O Solo Fee-o
Smart strategies
to avoid those
outrageous fees
for single travelers
The Best of Your Life
66 A Passion for Percussion
Two years after learning the drums,
a breast cancer survivor rocks out
67 Small Savings, Big Goals
Don’t let debt destroy your dreams
68 Happy Tears
In her new book Marlo Thomas
reveals how she’s learned to laugh
even through hard times
70 Jane Pauley
Why failure can be your best friend
71 Food and Tradition
Restaurateur B Smith recalls a
Thanksgiving where the main
course made her cringe
72 Six-Word Memoirs
74 Puzzles
Big 5-Oh
84 Daryl
Hannah, left,
returns as a
cold-blooded
killer in Kill Bill
Vol. 3—and turns
50 in December.
Plus: Actor
Ed Harris, Good
Morning America
host Robin
Roberts...and
that kid who
played Chip on
My Three Sons
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