Finding a Balance With a common-sense approach to food, I satisfy my hunger and don't feel deprived." I was a chubby kid who grew into an overweight adult. I was constantly teased for being heavier th...
Never Give Up They told him to quit, that he wasn't good enough, but figure skater Paul Wylie refused to listen. When he stepped off the plane in Washington, D.C., following the 1992 Winter Games, and...
Christopher Reeve--A Real Superman He was "faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound." He was the world's greatest superhero. When C...
My Advice to Students: Education Counts Hundreds of students send me e-mail each year asking for advice about education. They want to know what to study, or whether it's okay to drop out of college si...
In the Nick of Time As Katie Pritchard unloaded bags of groceries from the trunk of her car on May 1, 1989, her sons Todd and Scott played happily in the driveway. The family lived at the end of a dea...
Death of a Dream They boarded the plane in New York City with high hopes. The 18 members of the United States figure skating team would fly to Brussels, Belgium. Then they were to go on to Prague, Cze...
The Ad Council at a Glance You may not immediately know us by name, but you do know us. For 59 years, the Ad Council has created timely and compelling public service messages for our nation. Our sloga...
The Victim You could call me a shop-a-holic, as most of my friends do, but I call myself a lover of fashion. Sitting in my room, I look in my closet at all my belongings and wonder what else I want to...
My First Job Two distinguished Americans recalling their first job experience Louis Caldera: The Parking-Lot Sweeper My parents imbued in me the concepts of family, faith and patriotism when I was you...
Your Dream Job: A Click Away Less than a month from graduation day, Theresa Smith of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, had yet to find the right job. The career placement center referred...