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Genuine Reality: A Life of William James By Linda Simon Harcourt Brace, 467 pages, $35 William and Henry James may be the most illustrious brothers in the history of American...

Jack Nicholson's character in "As Good as It Gets" is a curious man. As Melvin Udall, he must turn each lock on his apartment door exactly five times. He absolutely...

One of these days, you might get a phone call that starts out like this: "You are receiving a call from Missouri Relay. Have you ever had a relay call...

At $70, $90, $100 a night, those motel and hotel bills can really add up on vacation, especially to expensive destinations like California. What if you could cut way back...

Not Fade Away: The Rock & Roll Photography of Jim Marshall Bulfinch Press/ Little, Brown, 130 pages, $50 At the end of the preface to his superb new book, "Not...

A federal grand jury in Boston is investigating allegations that Sen. Bob Dole's presidential campaign received thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions from workers at a company led by...

The paperwork goes nearly everywhere with him now. Pads of paper, tour statistics, books and leaflets expounding the history of the Ryder Cup, a handful of pens and pencils-all crammed...

The Big Three automakers and the federal government must cooperate more-in a sort of "Detroit Inc."-if the U.S. auto industry is to prosper in the face of Japanese competition, said...

The duel doesn't rate among the signature or identifying moments of Tom Watson's career. Certainly not like beating Jack Nicklaus at Turnberry in 1977, or, say, going head to head...

Researchers have discovered a new risk factor for high cholesterol that will be a lot harder to avoid than a double cheeseburger: Parenthood. The more children you have at home,...