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...that their baby has her mother's nose or his father's ears. We are so eager to make that physical connection that binds us to our children. Yet in patients with Down syndrome, a genetic condition that results from the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome, they share more physical features with other children who have Down syndrome than with their family members. I don't know why this angers me so much. Obviously, chromosomal material determines our appearances, but I have always found it terribly unfair that children with genetic syndromes resemble each other...
...course, the dirty little secret here is that not all models have to be thin. It's one of the cruelest axioms of fashion that once you get big, you can get big. If Tyra Banks shows up for a shoot with a little extra poundage, they just touch her up later. Kate Moss could, if she wished, balloon all the way up to 100 lbs., and she'd still get work. But little Nadya Abouttofallova eats one pork rind, and she's on the first plane back to Uzbekistan. It's hard to feel sympathy for people who make...
Juice box--style cartons don't offer that extra shelf life once opened, but they are more eco-friendly than bottles. French Rabbit--whose slogan is "Savor the wine/ Save the planet"--estimates that its containers produce 90% less packaging waste. They also fit more efficiently in trucks, reducing fuel usage and carbon emissions...
Over the course of the next week, I spent at least an hour a day working on the Myo-boy, graduating to new levels of virtual reality. Finally, I simulated the mechanics of a virtual hand, including the wrist rotation I had paid for with two extra inches of my arm. It took an extra step, hitting both muscles at the same time...
...Beach, Sonoma, or Atkins diet, Zoe’s has a wide variety of options. Try one of the salads— my personal favorite is the baby spinach with walnuts, apples, and goat cheese, or delve into one of the many omelets (egg-whites are available for an extra charge). Just make sure you don’t forget to hold the toast. The High-Society Type: You probably can’t believe that your friends talked you out of going to Rialto or Upstairs on the Square, but you’ve decided to put up with...