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Mathematics genius Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman has refused over a million dollars in prizes for his work and has moved back home to live with his mother and sister. The Boston Globe I’ve come to […]
CAZENOVIA, N.Y. Curtis Bascomb is head of information technology at The Chronicle of Ethnic Studies, but he says he’ll be looking for a new job following a weekend when he was on call 24/7. “They don’t pay […]
Wondering if the busybodies at the TSA will let you bring bottle rockets on board an airplane? Concerned that your “support” Komodo dragon won’t fit in the overhead compartment? Ask Your Travel-Packing Advisor, he knows […]
If you want to get ahead in business, it is not enough to be intelligent, hard-working, and decisive. The Great Plains of Commerce are littered with the corpses of men and women who possess these […]
WELLESLEY FALLS, Mass. Marci Scribner looks like a typical housewife in this affluent suburb of Boston as she climbs into her forest green Range Rover, Kate Spade handbag in hand. “I’m always on the go,” she […]
Mattel has introduced a fuller-figured “curvy” Barbie to counter criticism of her unrealistically thin shape. The New York Times It was a typical Sunday afternoon for me, browsing […]
We’re getting up in years, we few forthright men who revealed to each other that we wanted to write back in our youth. It takes a lot for a guy to open himself up that […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. A new report issued today by the American Society of Arithmetic Instructors reveals that innumeracy–mathematical illiteracy–has remained stubbornly resistant to efforts to improve Americans’ math skills. “Copying from each other isn’t going to help–you’re both […]
SOMERVILLE, Mass. This densely-populated suburb of Boston is known now as a student ghetto, but not long ago it was notorious as the headquarters for one of the most powerful organized crime rings in the Northeast. “The […]
Wondering whether your carry-on item will fit in the overhead compartment? Concerned that the stewardess won’t reach your row with a complimentary bag of peanuts before the plane lands? Ask the Worldly Traveler–she’s been everywhere! […]