Roam Rome on Fleet Feet 3 Likeable Rome I find myself liking Rome very much. It is not the dirty city I had been told to expect. One day we walk to Gianicolo Park and gaze down across the Tiber River...
Roam Rome on Fleet Feet 2 We’re off again For the fast track to the Colosseum, our son advises us to take a tour with one of the Englishspeaking hawkers who approach tourists outside this 82 A.D. am...
Roam Rome on Fleet Feet By Anne Chalfant / 2004, as first appeared in the Contra Costa Times, Knight Ridder Newspapers. Distributed by Tribune Media Services International. Rome wasn’t built in a da...
When the Blues won’t Go Away 2 An interview with Biography magazine Biography : What was the hardest part about handling your own chronic discontent? Downs: What brought me to the brink was realizin...
When the Blues won’t Go Away A new way to beat chronic discontent By Marjorie Rosen / This article was published originally in Biography Magazine . 2003. Anbsp; 1 It can be a familiar and uncomforta...
What Makes a Team Tick? 2 Assessing “work style” How would you characterize the work style of each team member? Is one member a “snap” decision maker? Does another rely on intuition? Does anot...
What Makes a Team Tick? By Richard G. Ensman, Jr. Business leaders often speak about “team building” in glittering generalities . But do they truly understand the forces that build team spirit in...
Hans Christian Andersen 2 Loved in Life Andersen had made quite a name for himself. Indeed, Europe loved Hans Christian Andersen, but what about Denmark? Andersen felt that due to the rigid class stru...
Hans Christian Andersen By Juliana Hanford / This article was reprinted and edited for length with permission from Literary Traveler The 200th anniversary of Andersen’s birth has arrived, and people...
Queen Elizabeth I 3 The glorious victory An ominous threat arose from abroad. Elizabeth knew that Philip II of Spain intended to attack England, so she turned England’s minuscule navy into a fearsom...