Mr. Steptoe weaves tribal culture and history, magic and mystery in this version of the timeless moral lesson of pride going before a fall.

He also co-authored a book called "Riding the Tiger" which is classic book filled with timeless lessons about information management.

(A timeless lesson in itself.)

The timeless lessons of right and wrong, God and country, self-knowledge and love?

There is a timeless lesson in this techno-horror: if your computer makes a clone of your recently-deceased child, it's probably time to unplug it.

But in his wish to draw timeless moral lessons from her life and death, he runs the risk of homogenizing and diluting history.

"Our idea is to wrap up a timeless lesson with contemporary trends," Ms. Prohaska said.

First published by the American Institute of Architects in 1924, they offer timeless lessons in the dialogue between the whole of a design and its constituent parts.

AS our family prepares for the holidays, I have been thinking of a timeless lesson learned at my father's knee.

I worry that this timeless lesson is now being forgotten in the interest of minimizing American casualties.