Art & Entertainment
Abstract Art
On the walls of art galleries throughout the world hang abstract paintings that interest viewers who seem intent in deriving the full benefits that the paintings can offer. Facial expressions are revealing. …
Clothing & Fashion
Packaging Dress Shirts
Men’s dress shirts from the factory need undressing to reach the fabric. Handle the process quickly or you may have a handful of tatters rather than a sharply creased ready-to-wear. …
Commentaries
Audiences Are Crazy
Attending events requiring public mixing is risky business. Danger does not lurk on getting there or on the return trip home. …
Commerce & Money
Buy & Return
Have you ever thought about who shops at department stores and why? I was never mindful until one day it became necessary to return two turtle neck sweaters, Flaw—excessive spaciousness; price—$19.40 for both. …
Communication: Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking
Are You a Scanner?
Why is it that when opening a book or magazine, the first place readers go is to pictures, cartoons, and comics. They overlook the text although it tells the story which is why the author wrote the piece in the first place. …
Dining & Food
Decaf or High Octane?
We drink decaf to banish the heebie jeebies. “Didn’t sleep a wink last night. Must have been the coffee,” …
Everyday Life
Air Conditioning
Are you an “I can’t live without air conditioning” consumer? Although most effective during dog days, does your penchant for cool and cold apply to all seasons? …
Families: Babies, Kids & Children
Baby Transports
You can’t miss them. The many ways to carry or transport infants. Some are so ingenious that they defy detection if the little one really exists. …
Medical
Broken Appointments
It seems that appointments are made just to be broken. Case studies tell us why. Drawn from the magazine No Shows And Why, the issue is put in perspective. …
Pets & Other Animals
New Zodiac Signs
According to the Chinese zodiac. Buddha summoned all the animals; those who came had a year named for them. …
Situations & Events
Auctions
Going! Going! Gone! An auctioneer’s chant that a Ming Dynasty vase has been sold to the highest bidder. …
Socializing
Are You a Joiner?
Who among us does not belong to a club, society, council, sorority, fraternity, or an assemblage of some kind? Very few. …
Sports & Recreation
Hear The Grunts
Tennis spectators and TV watchers hear a medley of grunts as players serve, return, and address the ball. Aficionado comments explain that the noises are sound effects to accompany strenuous strokes. …
Travel & Transportation
America's Love For Automobiles
America’s romance with the automobile is storied and legendary. Old time magazines show drivers with goggles behind the wheel of early cars of the period. …
Weather
Temperature Control
You can bear witness. Place several persons in an enclosure and listen to them sound of: “It’s too cold in here.” …
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