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The world in 1997 was too full of flowers. Bouquets in sad profusion filled parks and doorsteps and sidewalks in tribute to the senselessly slain and fallen: Princess Diana, JonBenet Ramsey, Gianni Versace, and Ennis Cosby. But hope bloomed afresh as well: On the ice in the pint-size person of 14-year-old figure skater Tara Lipinski, and seven times in a delivery room in Iowa. Hats off to the real McCaugheys!