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...course, another factor associated with longer holding times is the consumption of pure oxygen beforehand. The world record for holding your breath after inhaling pure oxygen is now Blaine's - 17 minutes and 4 seconds. The record without the pure oxygen, which Blaine failed to break during an attempt last year in Manhattan's Lincoln Center, is 8 minutes and 58 seconds...
...Progress Report Later, taking a break in an unoccupied office, a tired Misra laments the state of public health. "This place is one of the good ones," he says. "I have seen hospitals with dogs below the beds." After graduating, Misra spent a few years in India's northeast, one of the poorest parts of the country. "I went to the rural area to serve the people but the government doesn't recognize that," he says, explaining that classmates who went to big cities "are now professors and earning big bucks." The system, he says, is set up so that...
...came to the U.S. in 1997 for medical treatment at the end of her life. She had lost her voice and was able to communicate only in writing--just like the women her daughter was helping. "The irony is that I had been around the world telling women to break their silence," says Salbi, "when it was really my search as well...
...weekends contributed to this, big time! I want to help you with a plan for the credit card debt that's accumulated, probably from your 'weariness.'" Words not likely to ever be spoken. But Weil argues persuasively that from the beginning of the relationship, couples need to break through the broader societal taboo against discussing money openly. "Participating in a regular review of the relationship's financial and emotional balance sheets," she says, "is the first step in identifying and treating these issues...
...words that sell brands, grip fans & sometimes change history." After all, says Cone, the chief marketing officer for Epsilon and a veteran phrasemaker, look at the enduring impact of power lines such as Morton Salt's "When it rains it pours" (1912) and McDonald's "You deserve a break today" (1971). Whatever you do, counsels the author, "change everything but a great line." That sort of inspiration, he maintains, is the voice of the brand...