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MARSHALL'S ALWAYS BEEN a great kid—very sociable and enthusiastic about almost everything he does. But a couple of years ago, when he started third grade at the local elementary school, we noticed a change in his behavior.

Professor of dance at the University of California in Davis and founder and artistic director of the international touring company Thingsezisee'm Dance/Theater, David Grenke unleashes students' unlimited potential and stirs audiences to see themselves more clearly. (He also tends the home fires: Soon after he and his wife, Mindy, relocated from New York City to the West Coast in August, their first children, twins, were born.

I'M A WRITER at Sports Illustrated, and every winter our magazine publishes a swimsuit issue, with photographs of supermodels in bikinis. The pictures highlight the popular hallmarks of female beauty, and the issue is a colossal financial success.

MY HUSBAND is a beautiful man. Though he isn't hard on the eyes, I'm not speaking of his looks.

BEAUTY—WHAT IS IT? People seek it in their homes and gardens, in their clothes, music, language—and often in their persons. One's concept of beauty is different from another's.

AT A VERY YOUNG AGE I was diagnosed as having rheumatic fever. During several months of medical treatment, the condition grew worse, and the doctors' predictions frightened my dad and mom.

Imagine that you're trapped in a small space. It's dark and cramped.

Trouble. Is that the word that best describes the state of the world these days? Open a newspaper or turn on the TV and you'd have a hard time not answering yes.

On January 23, 2004, The Christian Science Board of Directors circulated the following letter to employees at The First Church of Christ, Scientist; The Christian Science Publishing Society; and The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity. Dear Employee: January marks a new year, but this year is not just another year.

A man who had been a Special Agent of the United States Treasury Department, worked for Thomas Edison's Telephone and Light Company, and had lived in both South America and Europe, Joshua Bailey had taken Primary class instruction from Mrs. Eddy in 1888.