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...young women who enter my office hating their bodies and starving themselves to achieve an unattainable ideal. Any movement to stop this travesty should be lauded and supported. If Madrid outlaws the use of dangerously thin models in fashion work, perhaps that could begin to force those responsible to adapt. Minna Baker Narberth, Pennsylvania, U.S. Folding Newspapers Michael Kinsley's piece on the apparently dismal future of the newspaper industry made some valid arguments about the value of traditional journalism [Oct. 2]. Kinsley's attempt, however, to place most of the blame for newspapers' decreasing readership on the Internet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surviving Loss, Regaining Life | 10/17/2006 | See Source »

...young women who enter my office hating their bodies and starving themselves to achieve an unattainable ideal. Any movement to stop this travesty should be lauded and supported. If Madrid outlaws the use of dangerously thin models in fashion work, perhaps that could begin to force those responsible to adapt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 23, 2006 | 10/15/2006 | See Source »

There are ways to make these trends work for every body type, but one has to be willing to adapt the trend to one’s actual figure and not the figure that one wishes to have. For example, if a person is very pear shaped, it is not a good idea to purchase extremely skinny jeans because it draws too much attention to your thigh and butt area. Instead, try to find a tapered pair that allows you to indulge in the trend while still balancing out your ass. The good news is that most people look excellent...

Author: By Rebecca M. Harrington, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: On Bowties and Skinny Jeans | 10/11/2006 | See Source »

These fields conform to the four goals of general education set out by the report: teaching global citizenship, the ability to adapt to change, and an understanding of the ethical dimensions of life, as well as making students aware that they are both products and participants of cultural traditions...

Author: By Evan H. Jacobs and Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: REPORT RECASTS THE CORE | 10/4/2006 | See Source »

Issued in May, Grey's report, "Adapt or Bust," delivered a stark message. It read, "So far, the industry has not taken changing catastrophe trends seriously enough. Climate change is likely to bring us all an even more uncertain future. If we do not take action now to understand the risks and their impact, the changing climate could kill us." Its sobering conclusion: "The insurance industry must now seize the opportunity to make a difference, not just to the future of our own industry, but to the future of society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Influences: Weather or Not? | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

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