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...rally in Long Beach, Calif., musclebound gubernatorial hope-ful ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER was attacked by an anonymous egg-wielding assailant. If his attacker had been hoping to express a political opinion, the attempt backfired, since he or she succeeded only in getting Schwarzenegger yet more publicity--"This guy owes me bacon now," he quipped--as well as giving him an excuse to take off his jacket and show off his biceps. Schwarzenegger is now expected to travel to the past and terminate the chicken that laid the egg, thus erasing the entire incident...
Though Seasonale is new, the idea behind it is not. Doctors have sometimes prescribed continuous birth control to suppress menstruation, whether for lifestyle reasons (before a beach vacation, say) or to avoid migraine headaches. One caveat: test subjects using Seasonale experienced nearly two weeks of bleeding during their first cycle. The spotting, however, diminished over time...
Think that Porsche and boat and beach house you have been dreaming of would actually make you happy? Think again. Economist Richard Easterlin of the University of Southern California examined data from 1,500 people surveyed repeatedly over a 28-year period. He found that while healthy people are generally happier than unhealthy ones and married people are happier than unmarrieds, increases in wealth and material possessions improve happiness only briefly...
DIED. MARION HARGROVE, 83, best-selling author of See Here, Private Hargrove; of pneumonia; in Long Beach, Calif. A grinning account of yardbird misadventures during World War II, it instantly catapulted the 22-year-old North Carolina recruit to fame. The book and its sequel were made into movies starring Robert Walker. Hargrove went on to become a film and TV writer whose credits included The Music Man, I Spy, Maverick and The Waltons. Said Hargrove in 1947: "I was just an ordinary guy, writing for a small audience. Suddenly, success picked...
...bunch of spoiled Orange County teens mix it up in Newport Beach, Calif. "One of the directors told me, 'We want teenage girls to get excited about what Marissa is wearing when she's onscreen,'" says costume designer Alexandra Welker. Bring on the Diane von Furstenberg! There's plenty of casual wear too--Juicy, Diesel, Theory--because, after all, this is the beach. Fashion forecast: status is back in a big way. --By Jeanne McDowell