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HITMAKER AND HOMEMAKER, AIRY COMIC AND ADEPT DRAMATIC ACTRESS, MEG RYAN CELEBRATES THE '90S WOMAN IN CLASSIC STYLE

People go to the movies to fall in love, and not just with their dates. Wholesome sex appeal has kept Hollywood purring for 80 years. But today's prime actresses-Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster, Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange, even Winona Ryder-are a formidable bunch, serioso artists who don't fit into a fellow's dream of easy chatter and backseat romance; they are more likely to hand you a petition. As for Sharon Stone, she's gorgeous, but thanks all the same, we would just as soon survive the good-night kiss.

Then there's Meg Ryan, with a radiance that neither forbids nor threatens. At 33, Ryan...

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