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Linda Goodman argued that our destinies were written. But her own life took some unexpected turns.

In his lifetime, the M.L.B. manager has won multiple World Series, shared a joint with Jimi Hendrix, and co-invented the high five. Will he add Hall of Famer to the mix?

I was panicking a bit, thinking of a career, thinking that I should probably get one.

That's how we did things in my family. Tabbouleh, hurling, helva, "Inshallah," "godverdomme"--all of it was our culture.

"Don't fret about / the champagne-glass / neck. / Drink champagne."

Why read historical fiction? A new novel by the author of "Hamnet" offers one answer: because it's fun.

Honesty may be a one-sided contract with the world, but it is the only side that we can control.

The "White Lotus" actor plays a piano technician in his new movie, "Tuner." At a real tuning session, in midtown, he tries to remember how to plink the strings.

FIFA's powerful president is remaking global soccer in his own image. Can the sport survive him?

"In this world of endless disjunctions and conjunctions, / you struggle to parse the zigzag flight of a butterfly."