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A Healthy New Year

From yoga to Tae-Bo, new exercises for the resolution-minded by Mike Morrison Group fitness training, circa 1939. The new fitness trends give participants the chance to work out their minds as…

New Year's Traditions

Auld Lang Syne and other New Year's customs "Auld Lang Syne" Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And auld lang syne.…

New Year's Resolutions

  The Big Picture An astonishing 55% of the population is considered overweight or obese — 97 million American adults — according to the new NHLB guidelines. Only 14.4% of the adult population…

Leap Year 101

Why and when we have leap years Rules for Determining a Leap Year 1. Most years that can be divided evenly by 4 are leap years. (For example, 2016 divided by 4 = 504: Leap year!) 2. Exception:…

A Widow for One Year

Author:John Irving Publisher:Random House Irving's latest novel dives headlong into family dysfunction in an emotional tour-de-force that rivals The World According to Garp in…

Seven Years in Tibet

Director: Jean-Jacques AnnaudWriter: Becky JohnstonDirector of Photography:Robert FraisseEditor:Noëlle BoissonMusic:John WilliamsProduction Designer:At HoangProducers:Jean-Jacques Annaud,…

Asian Player of the Year

Asian Player of the Year Presented by the Asian Football Confederation since 1994. Prior to 1994 it was awarded unoffically. Multiple winner: Kim Joo-Sung (3); Hidetoshi Nakata (2).Year…

100 Years Young

Centenarians have the last word According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 37,306 centenarians in 1990. As advancements in technology and medical research have skyrocketed, so have life…

Brewer's: Canicular Year

The ancient Egyptian year, computed from one heliacal rising of the Dog-star (Sirius) to the next. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CanidiaCanicular Period A…