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The Olympians Members of all the countries' Olympic teams tried very hard to concentrate on the Games [Aug. 16], and with journalists, coaches and p.r. machines working in overdrive, the athletes had a lot to contend with. I'm glad they were able to focus on doing their best. Kudos...
At the same time, even under the pressure of relentless Russian military action, many Chechen commanders had vigorously resisted efforts by Qaeda emissaries to enlist their men in schemes to attack U.S. targets in Russia. Still, the bitterness and despair engendered by the five year crackdown have seen Islamist influence...
But it's not just what Okinawans eat; it's how much. They practice a dietary philosophy known as hara hachi bu--literally, eight parts out of 10 full. Translation: they eat only to the point at which they are about 80% sated. That makes for a daily intake of...
A few years ago, Harvard researcher Dr. David Sinclair joined the growing ranks of scientists who believe that severely restricting calorie intake can slow down the aging process. Evidence for that surprising phenomenon emerged in the 1930s, when scientists learned that underfed rodents lived up to 40% longer than their...
When he went to LIFE in 1936, as its first issue was going to press, Mydans was fresh from the fabled team of photographers for the U.S. Farm Security Administration--Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange among them--whose pictures would become our collective memory of the Depression. From them, he...