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Misc.
Between Us
The Mail
You First
AARP &You
Ask Lee
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News
12 Eco-Cheapos
Does going green
cost too much?
15 Newsmakers
Jodie Foster on
depression, and her
friend Mel Gibson
16 Entertainment
Loretta Devine and
Angela Bassett star
as battling moms
Money
27 Hello, Savings
Talk is cheap—if you
follow our four-step
plan for choosing a
cell phone package
31 Paper Purge
Now that tax
season is gone,
here’s a list of
records and receipts
you can trash…
and ones you’d
better stash
Health
18 Rx-ercise
Why doctors are
prescribing fitness
20 Anti-pain Food
How cherries and
fish fight arthritis
24 Dr. Oz
Keep your brain
sharp by keeping
yourself busy
Travel
35 Happy Trails
From the mountains
to the prairie: six
walks easy on the
feet (and eyes)
40 Fees? Please!
Beat those nasty
airline surcharges
with these three
must-try tricks
35A UNIQUE NEW VIE W OF THE WIND Y CI T Y The best way to see it: on foot.
THE ART, IT IS
A-CHANGIN’
Graphic designer Milton Glaser’s iconic 1966
portrait of Bob Dylan, above, is now in the
collection of New York’s Museum of Modern
Art. Glaser revisited the poster—updating
Dylan’s profile and giving him a decidedly
more gray-and-blue hair color—exclusively
for this issue’s table of contents.
The Best of Your Life
64 Brewing a New Future
He was laid off from the fast
lane—now he’s helping his
café customers take it slow
66 Jane Pauley
Grad students give advice that
is surprisingly apt for grownups
68 Wishing Upon a Star
Actor-author Charles Grodin
helped a teen with Asperger’s
achieve his lifelong dream
69 Oh, Behave!
Peggy Post on how to dodge
an unwanted reference request
70 Making Whoopie (Pies)
Mom’s secret ingredient: love
71 Puzzles
’
Big 5-Oh
84 Michael J.
Fox, left, who
turns 50 in June,
tells the unusual
story behind his
middle initial.
Plus: George
Clooney gets
real, Melissa
Etheridge
beats her
fears, and
Willie Mays
revisits his glory
days as a Giant
CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP: CORBIS; TIMOTHY WHITE/CORBIS OUTLINE; MILTON GLASER/GETTY IMAGES
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