Search

An interview with Lucinda Holdforth, author of the book "Why Manners Matter: The Case for Civilized Behavior in a Barbarous World," is presented. When asked about bad behaviors that bother her the most, Holdforth refers to people talking on their cell phones while they are ordering coffee. She says manners have always been essential to civilization. According to Holdforth, manners evolve, change and adapt.

The article provides updates related to breast cancer. A new study found a decrease in the number of deaths from the disease by about 24% since 1992. Another study reveals that 89% of women who survived five years after diagnosis were cancer-free at the 10-year mark and 81% were clean after 20 years.

Provides information about the city of Fort Lee in New Jersey. Number of film studios established in the area; Significance of the place in the motion picture industry; Population of the city.

Presents information on the psychology of men in line with their relationships with women.

Provides tips on health and fitness for women.

Give0s advice on exercise. Ways to prevent infections that can be acquired from gym equipment; Tips on doing gym exercises; Technique in back exercise.

Offers tips to dealing with men.

Offers toning techniques, exercise and care tips for muscles.

Points out lessons women can learn from felines about aggressiveness.

Features the Heaven Hell artifacts shop in Hoboken, New Jersey of Bob Foster, folk-art guru and director of the Hoboken Historical Museum. Hoboken as origin of most of Foster's inventory; Samples of Foster's artifacts; Clients of Foster's shop.

Reports that architect Michael Graves has started creating designs for the home. Examples of large-scale creations designed by Graves; Price of the teakettle designed by Graves for Alessi company; Views of Graves on his product designs.

Features teenage filmmaker Shane Pollack. Title of Pollack's novel which he wrote during a family vacation when he was 16 years old; Title of a 30-minute film produced by Pollack which premiered in HBO; Title of baseball documentary produced by Pollack.

Focuses on men's attitude towards love and relationships. Signs that they are in love with a girl; Actor Brendan Fraser on marriage.

Presents a tribute to teenagers who died in the 1999 Littleton, Colorado shooting tragedy. Includes Daniel Rohbough; Lauren Townsend; Matt Kechter.

Offers tips for teenage girls on how to respond to boyfriends who are in a bad mood. Need to understand that boys have difficulty expressing their feelings; Importance of giving space; Listening.

Presents a test to help young women determine how young men would respond if the women would take the initiative to ask the men out on a date. Includes his comment upon meeting you at a mall; His romantic history; Nonverbal communication. INSET: 3 sneaky steps to ask-out success..

Presents a quiz to take to determine the sincerity of your boyfriend. How the quiz should be scored; Results of the quiz.

Focuses on how females deal with issues and what their thoughts are. Details on how to help a friend through a break up; Information on how things would be if girls ruled the world; Results of a survey of females on their favorite body parts.

Presents information on how women can tell when a man has gotten over his ex-girlfriend and is ready to enter another relationship. Identification of the men questioned; What their responses were. INSET: Celeb of the month: Dax Griffin.

Presents information on the 1998 New Jersey Pride Award recipient the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts. Function of the center; Location of the center; Comments from the center's director Michael Zuckerman.

Presents information on the Actors' Fund Nursing and Retirement Homes, Englewood, New Jersey. Number of actors and directors who have called it home; Statements made by executive director of home Joseph Benincasa; Background information on homes.

Announces the exhibition `Teenage New Jersey: From Frank Sinatra to Bruce Springsteen,' at the New Jersey Historical Society, which features adolescent artifacts from 1945-1975. Featured items; Recognition of teenagers as a discrete demographic element.

Features Lorraine Marks, founder of the New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra and awardee of the 1997 New Jersey Pride Awards for the art category. Contributions to New Jersey art; Civic oriented activities.

Talks of the historical collections from the Vietnam War exhibited at the Explorer Children's Museum in New Jersey. Significance of the collections; Implications to the students; Objective of the exhibit.

Features John Hein, a leader in the furniture craft business in New Jersey. Beginnings as a furniture maker; Highlights of career.

Features the New Jersey Film Festival for 1997 which screens independent motion pictures. Sampling of motion pictures to be screened in the festival; Comment by cinema-studies lecturer Albert Gabriel Nigrin.

Focuses on New Jersey's sale of its landmarks to businesses as part of its new program to encourage partnerships between corporations and state-owned lands. Probability of a tax increase if the state fails to rename state property; Comments of policy guru, James W. Hughes on the sale of state-owned lands to corporations.

Presents a chart on various haunted places in New Jersey.

Reports that Popcorn Park Zoo which is located in Forked River, New Jersey, is a shelter for abandoned animals. Year established; Number of animals housed at zoo; Comments from John Bergmann, manager of the wildlife refuge.

Profiles ARC Communications company. Founding and expansion of the company.

Profiles Sloan Products Co. Inc. Founding of the company in 1936 by Hyman Sloan; Expansion.

Profiles General Magnaplate Corp. Role in the space missions of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Founding and expansion of the company.

Profiles Reimbursement Services Inc. Creation of the company as a response to dissatisfaction with the health care system; History and expansion of the company.

Profiles Seashore Day Camp and School. Facilities; Founding and history.

Focuses on the Scholarship Foundation of America founded by Linda Paras and Ellen Manning for brilliant students. Lack of available funds to be given to students with high scholastic aptitude; Expansion of coverage of the scholarship fund.