Word: basic
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...need a basic level of vitality in this period. Most people have that. But there's a significant minority of people who are blindsided by a terrific loss of health...
...engrossing exhibit that engages their senses with the sights, sounds and even smells of the outdoors. Similarly, the Children's Museum of Atlanta, which opened in March 2003, has a forest in which preschoolers can don multicolored raincoats and play under a 250-gal. waterfall as they learn the basic scientific properties of water. "It's very difficult to get kids to leave," says Kathleen Reese, as she watches her daughter Alexandra, 2, happily making sand castles in the "Let Your Creativity Flow" area...
Abigail Trafford is adamant: "Forget old age. Think new stage." Trafford is the author of My Time: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life (Basic). The book, for people edging past midlife, argues that because we are living longer, healthier lives, we have a "whole new stage in the life cycle, which we haven't had before." TIME spoke with Trafford...
...John Kerry's rise to prominence is difficult to explain. His is a solemn New England sensibility. I have never seen him experience a moment of spontaneous wit; his nonspontaneous attempts at humor are ghastly. He is not a very compelling speaker. Indeed, when attempting to answer the most basic of questions--his position on the war in Iraq, for example--he tends to entwine himself in endless codicils and subclauses. And yet the Senator from Massachusetts breezed through the Democratic presidential primaries this year and became his party's presumptive nominee in what seemed a matter of days...
...devastating as these diseases could be, they could also be stopped. "What I learned from my career in public health is the importance of action," he says. But when there are 192 member states to answer to, action is not always easy. WHO's responsibilities range from providing basic health education to responding to the outbreak of unknown diseases. It is Lee's job to direct the agency's resources where they are needed--and can accomplish--the most...