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...species maintain body mass, you would think that nature would probably not have left the only modifiable component of energy expenditure to chance," says Frémeaux. Rather, evolution probably programs much of our willingness to be active. Sure, some people change their lives and become marathoners at age 50. But most of us don't. Our children are no different: whether they get P.E. or not, their bodies "know" how much they want to move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Kids' Exercise Matters Less Than We Think | 5/13/2009 | See Source »

...book's characters seem to either think America is the greatest country ever or the worst place in the world. In fact, the book borders on the political. To me this is less of a political novel than a coming-of-age novel. Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil, they were bullies, and they didn't know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Novelist Chuck Palahniuk | 5/12/2009 | See Source »

...Shimon Viner, age 14, Lithuania,” he reads somberly as students rush past with puzzled looks...

Author: By Spencer H. Hardwick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Building Bridges, Shattering Stereotypes | 5/11/2009 | See Source »

...Boston-Detroit, Chicago-Detroit, and Los Angeles-Detroit playoff series are all classics. "I think Chuck understood people as well as basketball," Pistons great Joe Dumars once said. "It's a people business." Hoops lost a good one today, a pillar of the sport's last golden age...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basketball Legend Chuck Daly (1930-2009) | 5/11/2009 | See Source »

...down to 2,500 souls. They emigrate to Australia, the United States, Lebanon, anywhere they have relatives who can help them get started on a new life. Many attending the Friday service are widows dressed in black and men with hearty singing voices but shoulders stooped with age...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christians in Gaza Make Their Appeal to the Pope | 5/11/2009 | See Source »

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