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The bear necessitiesNo. 1: When in bear country, don鈥檛 do what 鈥楧ora the Explorer鈥� does.
Suave's lesson in 'soft skills'The secret of success may be to act more like this Dominican street dog.- When 'nice' is annoyingIn striking up casual conversations, he unwittingly exasperates.
- My dinner with ReaganPrepping for a speech to a full ballroom, he acknowledged his nervousness.
- Prime literary real estateThey like to imagine themselves living in grand fictional homes 鈥� or even humble ones.
- Mom, the family columnistHer young son is aghast as his life begins to unspool in the local newspaper.
- A leap of languageDaunted by his Spanish homework, Anton moans with the belief that it鈥檚 a form of punishment.
93 days to achieve garden perfectionThe annual garden tour is closer than it seems. Good thing pride works as fertilizer.- It's a nerd's worldA child is stung by the resentment of his peers 鈥� until he learns he's in good company.
- A race he always wonAs his father鈥檚 car rounded the bend, he would sprint down the street to home.
Smokey in the boys' roomThe bear crashed through the screen door and there, a mere five feet in front of me, was a jumbo-sized snout.
Raising a food snobSteered away from kids' fare as a child, he now demands only the best at every meal.- Seeking company, finding communityBored of the beach, a tourist attends a local church service.
Ancient and modern: Iran's lush cuisineAs talk goes nuclear, a journalist gets a taste of the culture.- Why I want to retire to SmallvilleThe comic-book version of Superman鈥檚 earnest, accepting hometown sounds like just the place.
A different kind of heroHis father played on a basketball team in the state finals. His son sets out to find the rest of the story.- Nancy Drew and the case of a secret identityThis time, it was quite serious 鈥� how to appeal to boys? A quick-thinking mother comes to the rescue.
- A circle of sources, a baby's surpriseInspired to make a jacket for a newborn, an uninitiated knitter realizes it takes a village.
My RussianOn a snowy night near Tolstoy's house, a tongue-tied American tries to summon the courage to converse.- Point of view: An oasis of color and calmA photographer stumbles on a timeless scene in the mazelike Indian slums.