Do I Know You? With computer security threats lurking around every electronic corner it is no wonder that so many online activities, from signing into your e-mail to checking your bank account, requir...
Autobiography of Nobel Prize Winner: Roald Hoffmann I came to a happy Jewish family in dark days in Europe. On July 18, 1937 I was born in Zloczew, Poland. My family left Poland for Czechoslovakia in...
Can’t Stop Loving the Legendary Ray Charles Sound Ray Charles, who virtually invented soul music 1 by infusing 2 R ＆ B with gospel 3 fervor, was often called the Genius for his significant influen...
Modern Olympic Games Review: 1988 Seoul Olympics For the first time since Munich in 1972, there was no organized boycott 1 of the Summer Olympics. Cuba and Ethiopia stayed away 2 in support of North K...
The Puppy Express Snoopy went to bed at Cathy's house a nondescript 1 little brown-and-white dog, very long in the tooth, and woke the next morning a celebrity. Word of the seventeen-year-old puppy wi...
London London is an ancient city whose history greets you at every turn 1 . To gain a sense of its continuity 2 , stand on Waterloo Bridge at sunset. To the east, the great globe of St. Paul's Cathedr...
Cricket 1 in England Cricket to the English is not just a game. It is a symbol--a 22-man personification 2 of all English beliefs and philosophies. Cricket is alleged 3 to be the national summer pasti...
August 5 -- Grasmere Rushbearing The floors of old stone churches can get pretty cold, a fact well known among churchgoers obliged to kneel upon them. Several centuries ago, the sensible Britons hit u...
Dad ' s Blessings A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he...
Attitude The 92-year-old, petite 1 , well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with her hair fashionably coifed 2 and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is...
