Chips mended doors and caulked the deck with practiced skill while he dreamed of owning a small cottage by the River Dee ...

An impression of the ring as it now appears to a one-time hobo and former prize fighter ...

The average bloke clings to the double standard and expects the little pal to watch her figure as well as the budget ...

So you won the Heisman Trophy. And a national championship. And everyone knows you're going first in the draft. Great. Life is going to be harder in the NFL. Good thing you've got a plan.

A high seas letter ...

His sole function seems to be to bastardize architecture and jack up housing prices, says the world's most renowned architect ...

This regiment has fought from the Battle of Long Island to the Meuse-Argonne, its blood has flown from Pekin to Contreras ...

The art of mine salting is one part knowledge to nine parts of acting; told to Chester Crowell ...

Take a June moon, roses, and a happily married man. Subtract his wife for several weeks, add a very beautiful woman, and make one mistake. Then total up the alimony ...

Hint to philosophers who may see no resemblance between bargains and sleeping dogs ...

Time: the immediate future; place: the Pacific; opening shot at dusk: the traveler on the rim of a volcano ...

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