The fear didn't fully form until this morning, when she opened her eyes. Normally out of bed early, like a punky cheerleader, Kathy Fernelius slept late and said little on the day of her first chemotherapy session. Outside a few hours later,...

STEVE ADAMEK, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 02-13-1995 UNKNOWNS -- REPLACEMENTS' IMPACT WILL BE ANYONE'S GUESS By STEVE ADAMEK, Staff Writer Date: 02-13-1995, Monday Section: SPORTS Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late,...

Ask those who served with him in the Illinois Senate whether Barack Obama is ready to be president, and they will tell you he is a dogged consensus-builder known for his empathy, intellect and unbounded ambition.They will call him cautious and calculating, a disciple of...

Some Russians celebrated their military's tradition of dedication Friday while others protested its recent history of corruption and brutality in separate events marking the annual Defenders of the Fatherland holiday.In subzero temperatures, President Vladimir Putin stood by as an honor guard laid a wreath at...

The Unknown is an important film for several reasons, which I'll consider in a moment, but its plot, unfortunately, isn't one of them…. [It] is a variant of the beauty and the beast theme, with the beast this time (Chaney) being a bitter and vengeful knife-thrower in a Madrid circus named Alonzo. He is apparently armless and propels his knives at Nanon, his beautiful partner, by means of his toes…. The skill with which [The Unknown] spins a fabric of suspense illustrates the fine...

Although it has strength and undoubtedly sustains the interest, "The Unknown" … is anything but a pleasant story. It is gruesome and at times shocking, and the principal character deteriorates from a more or less sympathetic individual to an arch-fiend. The narrative is a sort of mixture of Balzac and Guy de Maupassant with a faint suggestion of O. Henry plus Mr. Browning's colorful side-show background.

Mordaunt Hall, "The Armless Wonder," in The New Y...