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...increases flexibility in the lower back and hip joints and is a novel way to show off at parties. For more intensity, try kettlebells, offered at gyms like Equinox in New York City. The regimen originated in Russia more than 100 years ago and comprises drills performed with odd-shaped weights (think of a cannonball with a handle). It's a full-body workout, aerobic and strength building. --By Carole Buia
...visit the Waste News booth, where salesman David Martin invites attendees to maneuver a radio-controlled trash truck around a scaled-down city street. "We don't care if people want to knock the kids down," he says. "That's up to them." (He's joking, of course.) The odd part is, all this bluster shares airspace with a kind of quiet confidence--the kind that comes from an industry that's "recession resilient," says Bruce Parker, president of the Environmental Industry Associations, the industry trade group. The trash trade collected $43 billion in revenue for 1999 (the last year...
...them is in the context of a just multilateralism and international law, with diplomacy and with reluctance to carry out any threat of violence. If the other side of the conflict is a rogue state that needs to be taught the value of justice and cooperation, vigilantism is an odd pedagogical technique. And if war has truly been our stark choice both in Afghanistan and in Iraq, why hasn’t the more impartial forum of the U.N. been the first and last place to consult...
...delayed takeoff from Charles de Gaulle Airport an hour, but everything seemed routine once the plane was airborne. Then a passenger aroused the flight attendants' curiosity. He was a "huge" man, 6 ft. 4 in. and more than 200 lbs. He refused to eat or drink anything, even water, odd behavior on a transatlantic flight that could last up to 10 hours. Jones had been cautioned by another flight attendant to be wary of passengers who didn't accept food on a long flight, so she asked the man three times if he wanted anything. "Usually I think, 'Yeah! Less...
...know it’s rather odd for a military man to be talking of democracy,” he said. “I am extremely democratic. You have to believe...