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...carriage, offer the potential for a rich entertainment, but the result is an uneven and tedious sequence of quarrels and flirtations, the names and costumes of history failing to conceal the mediocrity of this entertainment. As Casanova admits at one stage: "The old man didn't take your breath away, but his name, his reputation, his past," Restif's entertaining and informing role as the film's guide-the Fool who lives by his wits--offers an irony typical of the treatment as he describes a foray into a Paris brothel, only to be interrupted repeatedly by queries about...
...dawn of human history, and Homo sapiens steps out from his cave to watch the rising sun paint the horizon. Suddenly he hears a rustling in the forest. His muscles tense, his heart pounds, his breath comes rapidly as he locks eyes with a saber-toothed tiger. Should he fight or run for his life? He reaches down, picks up a sharp rock and hurls it. The animal snarls but disappears into the trees. The man feels his body go limp, his breathing ease. He returns to his darkened den to rest...
After a moment of silence, Dr. Margaret Caudill says quietly, "With each breath, you become more and more relaxed...
...With each breath," murmurs Caudill, "you go deeper and deeper into your own world." All is stillness in the room...
...from the world is part of a weekly program at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital that uses techniques of easing stress to fight hypertension. Begun in September 1982, the program has succeeded in lowering the blood pressure of most of its participants. Besides relaxation techniques (imagine watching your breath go in and out), the regimen involves a low-salt, low-cholesterol diet emphasizing fresh food. (Cost of the program: $750 for eleven group meetings, plus tests and an evaluation session with the doctor.) Trying to meet the standards of the program, one man at the session mildly complains...