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...more," says Jenifer Lloyd, a dermatologist in Boardman, Ohio. "I just lasered the wrinkles on an 85-year-old woman. Now she's dating again." Men, who account for about 20% of all cosmetic work, are succumbing too. Stan Madray, 36, who works for an entertainment company in Orlando, Fla., was unhappy with his "chipmunk cheeks that made me look older and worn." His doctor liposuctioned his cheeks and jowls, then beamed a laser under the skin to sort of "shrink wrap" his face. It was done on a Friday, and he was back at work by Monday, and nobody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cosmetic Surgery: Light Makes Right | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...long and winding course of the regular-season regatta schedule led both the co-ed and women's sailing teams from the chilly waters of New England to sunny St. Petersburg, Fla...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sailing Draws Pair of ICYRA Berths | 10/6/1999 | See Source »

After retiring in 1985 to Daytona Beach, Fla., he focused his attention again on sports, concentrating first on the long jump and the high jump. His arm remained as strong as his legs. "I can still throw a softball 35 yds.," he says. So five years ago, he decided to test his arm with the javelin. "I was terrible," he says. "Accurate, but no length." He trained for jumping at a local high school, but for understandable liability reasons, the school did not offer javelin instruction. So Duckman watched videotapes of the best javelin throwers in the world and slowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In The Long Run | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...strong enough to avoid total destruction by a hurricane, occupants would need to get off the islands in advance of a major storm. And though four-lane causeways are being built to replace the two-lane drawbridges connecting beach to mainland, it is hardly enough. In Daytona Beach, Fla., where Floyd's near miss still did serious property damage, many people ignored evacuation calls. "Why leave?" says beach resident Jim Samuels. "You can't get to Orlando from here even when there's a good basketball game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Very Close Call | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

There were eight of us aboard the 150-ft. Gulf Majesty, pulling a loaded barge about 300 miles outside Jacksonville, Fla., our home port, heading to San Juan, Puerto Rico. We'd been at sea since Saturday, and we were just trying to avoid the storm. Our higher-ups told us to head north and take the long way around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adrift in Floyd: It Was Like Watching Hope Float Away | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

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