November 2003

How to Get Great Sleep

For many of us, bedtime can be a torment. Ironically, when it comes to sleep, we're our own worst enemy. Our efforts to get some rest often turn one fitful night into full-blown insomnia.

The Sims: Suburban Rhapsody

The popular computer game The Sims features sprawling tract homes, rabid consumerism and bickering families. How did The Sims creator Will Wright get it so right?
The Path to Weilness

Conventional medicine and its indifferent bedside manner have finally pushed Americans into the arms of alternative therapies. Andrew Weil, the father of natural living, has been patiently waiting.
Dying for Melodrama

Thirty years after her suicide, Sylvia Plath continues to seduce the adolescent psyche. But her fans are just as likely to romanticize her death as they are her poetry.
A White-Knuckle Christmas

This holiday season, sugarplums won't be the only things dancing in our heads. PT considers the 12 Neuroses of Christmas.

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