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...under the age of 30; I was among the two or three youngest in attendance. White hair, canes, and motorized scooters were the norm for these parishioners. There were, of course, no altar boys, and the priest went about his business morosely, as if the mass were just a chore to be gotten through...

Author: By Mark A. Adomanis, | Title: Sunset in the West | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

...even the most basic instinct for staying fit. Exercise should be a daily activity at the top of everyone's list of things to do. It gives a feeling of well-being that cannot be matched by any of our more stationary daily activities. Exercise should not be a chore. It should be a personal requirement that everyone feels happy to fulfill. Leon Rafailov New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 9/5/2005 | See Source »

...even the most basic instinct for staying fit. Exercise should be a daily activity at the top of everyone's list of things to do. It gives a feeling of well-being that cannot be matched by any of our more stationary daily activities. Exercise should not be a chore. It should be a personal requirement that everyone feels happy to fulfill. Leon Rafailov New York City With all the hype about the countless fad diets out there, it was nice to read "Couch Potatoes, Arise!," with its praise for the healthier method of staying in physical shape - getting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fit for Life | 9/5/2005 | See Source »

...sulked as I did the laundry. I glared at my mother and father and younger brother any time they left the house with a chore undoneā€”a chore, I knew, that I would probably end up performing. Every time I turned around, it seemed, there was another task I had forgotten or never knew existed. Where was the time for my academic project, I grumbled, and how in the world was I supposed to do everything, anyway...

Author: By Jannie S. Tsuei, | Title: The More Important Lesson | 7/22/2005 | See Source »

...only mistake Linklater thinks he made was allowing a video-game trailer stocked with junk food on the set. The kids, he says, "were all putting on weight." Unlike his local friend, reclusive writer-director Terrence Malick, Linklater doesn't think moviemaking is some big Sisyphean chore to fret over. "[Malick] is a guy who sees his movies and thinks, 'I would have done that differently.' I see mine and say, 'Given the circumstances, that's what I did and that's what I'd do again.' I don't know how much of a free-will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He's Having a Ball | 7/11/2005 | See Source »

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