Word: breaths
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...could do a bit of each. Obama is clearly uncomfortable with populist fire-breathing--he does say he wants to hit oil companies with a windfall-profits tax (which might discourage investment in new energy resources and would definitely not do much to help motorists), but that's arguably less pandering than McCain's proposal for a gas-tax holiday, which Obama has outspokenly opposed. And while Obama says he wants to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement and other such pacts, he usually makes a point of defending free trade and globalization in the same breath. This...
...that way. The numbers on the scale--pediatricians, nutritionists and psychologists now argue--should start to come second to physical fitness as a gauge for health. After all, says Kelly Brownell, director of Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity: "If your child experiences shortness of breath walking upstairs, it's problematic whether he's fat or skinny...
...then, along with a diploma, I'd hand over a permission slip. I'd want you to keep it handy and whip it out whenever the breath is too heavy on the back of your neck. It's especially good for the summer days ahead: permission to read books that are not on any reading list. To eat foods that aren't good for you. To make messes. Build forts. Play spud. And leave yourself some room to be surprised...
...successful in those parts of the house, it may be easier to tackle the rest. "And be ready for the panic," she warns. Every once in a while you will be overcome with thoughts of "what if I really need that later?" If that happens, just take a deep breath, remember your goal and keep going. "Keep in mind that if you aren't careful, what you own will end up owning you," says Walsh...
...today's flag-burning is entirely for the benefit of a lone Serbian TV camera, and most of those nearby respond as if some annoying regular had just selected his favorite song on the jukebox for the umpteenth time. "It's all fake," mutters a local businessman under his breath...