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Actually, Anybody Can Play Bindu Khurana
Category: Athletic Arena Published: November 2014
The stereotype is an average fantasy football player is an overweight male who sits in front of his computer and never has set foot on a football field.
 
Answering the Call of the Great Stage Brooke Averi , Elizabeth Bork , Alyssa Lemons
Category: Entertainment Published: November 2014
Being a Rockette has fulfilled all of the idealistic views of beauty, glamour, determination, and strength that we had envisioned growing up, but we have discovered that the most rewarding parts go beyond that.
 
Avoiding Holiday Debt Eric Tyson
Category: The Holidays Published: November 2014
It is so easy for money to become the focus of the holidays when it should be the last thing you are thinking about.
 
Calling the Kitchen Cabinet Dan Quiggle
Category: Business & Finance Published: November 2014
To ensure business--and personal--success, surround yourself with "accomplished, successful individuals . . . not nodding, sycophantic yes-men. . . . "
 
Deck the Halls . . . with Care Louie Delaware
Category: The Holidays Published: November 2014
If you have a young child who can crawl, toddle, or walk, it always is best to be safe rather than sorry.
 
Democracy's Stunted Growth in Fallow Fields Llewellyn D. Howell
Category: Worldview Published: November 2014
". . . The seeds of democracy need soil and water--not just intent--to grow."
 
Hailing One of the Original "Mad Men"
Category: USA Yesterday Published: November 2014
". . . Mac Conner is one of the few remaining voices of an influential group of New York illustrators who created the look of a generation. . . . "
 
Indecisiveness at the Top Jonathan W. Emord
Category: Worldview Published: November 2014
The President dithers while the world burns.
 
Listen to the Book Whisperer Donalyn Miller
Category: The Holidays Published: November 2014
For many families, the holidays already are filled with beloved traditions like baking, treetrimming, watching special films, and more. I cannot think of a better one to add to the list than unwrapping new books at gift exchanges.
 
Managing Happiness (and Hormones) for the Holidays Ivana Cortes
Category: The Holidays Published: November 2014
If you have a brand-new bundle of joy in your life, but are feeling more like Ebenezer Scrooge than Bob Cratchit, do not worry. You are normal, and so are the post-baby holiday blues.
 
Nixon's Righthand Man Makes Amends--or Tries to Diana Klebanow
Category: Political Landscape Published: November 2014
"[John] Dean has worked very hard to erase the image of him as a villain, but it remains to be seen whether he really should be regarded as a hero."
 
Party On--but with a Purpose Andrew Sobel
Category: The Holidays Published: November 2014
For many people, the holiday office party can bring with it more anxiety and dread than good cheer, and there really is no need for that.
 
Petering Out Pesticides Andre Leu
Category: Ecology Published: November 2014
An emerging strategy for replacing pesticides, including natural ones, advocates using ecological management systems that can provice functional services, such as employing natural enemies to control pests."
 
Scolded by George Washington Jonathan W. Emord
Category: American Thought Published: November 2014
The Father of Our Country returns from "beyond the veil of Heaven" to warn about the abuses to the Constitution and the ideals that led to this nation's founding.
 
The 12 Days Before Christmas Brian P. Moran
Category: The Holidays Published: November 2014
Successful people work with great focus and intention, and they play the same way. When they are working, they are really working and, when they take time off, they make the absolute most of that time.
 
The President Just Doesn't Get It Gerald E. Marsh
Category: Worldview Published: November 2014
Defeat of the Islamic State cannot be achieved solely by military means and Western military action such as air strikes--even if given the cover of a colation containing Arab nations.
 
The Time Is Now to Rescue the American Idea Paul Ryan
Category: National Affairs Published: November 2014
The difference b/n the safety net and the Progressive bureaucracy is the difference b/n fair play and playing favorites, [as] our current president treats the rule of law like a rule of thumb. The three branches of govt are supposed to control each other.