Knight-Ridder Tribune

Surely nothing is lonelier than suffering from a cold alone. But everyone would rather you did. The fact is, we each have our peculiar strategies for coping with illness, as...

For a while now, we've noticed that you're not really a team player. Your heart's not in your work. You don't fit in with our corporate culture. You're disruptive and...

Cindy says do 20 stomach crunches, so we try. Cindy says do another 20. We groan, and struggle again. Three hundred and eighty ''gutbusters'' later, Cindy is still exhorting us...

It`s showtime, and we are waiting for ''Body Heat`s'' sexy and overconfident Matty Walker, and sultry yet sincere Jessica Rabbit, and good-natured Joan Wilder of ''Romancing the Stone,'' and sharp-witted...

Arnold Gumowitz, New York real estate executive, will soon hang an expensive new painting on the walls of his Manhattan apartment, adding it to his valuable collection of works by...

Grapefruit is thought to be an accidental hybrid of the pomelo, the largest citrus fruit, and the orange. Once discovered, the grapefruit rose quickly in popularity. From the first commercial...

Used to be I wanted tender, romantic gifts at Christmas. I wanted silk scarves, not a Scrunge; a bracelet, not a Hoover. Ten years and 10 bottles of Opium perfume...

This Vietnamese treat-crunchy noodles topped with fragrant stir-fried beef and vegetables-makes a quick and tasty one-dish dinner. The principal vegetable is bok choy, a member of the cabbage family that...

A key adviser to President-elect Bill Clinton said ''six to eight people'' remain under consideration for secretary of agriculture in the new administration, including Rep. Mike Espy (D-Miss.). The relatively...

The astronomer who warned in October that a comet might collide with Earth in 2126 has officially sounded the ''all clear.'' Those who were preparing for doomsday can breathe easy-for...