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...that's not scary enough, scientists pursuing another line of research believe they have found a physiological reason why nicotine and alcohol so often share each other's company. Even a small quantity of alcohol seems to significantly boost the pleasurable effects of nicotine. The numbers certainly won't comfort smoking barflies: 80% to 90% of alcoholics smoke, and alcoholism is 10 times as prevalent among smokers as among nonsmokers...
...what must be a comfort to her mother, there are people who want SARAH JESSICA PARKER to wear more clothing. Some Israelis got upset when images of the Sex and the City star sporting a slinky dress that exposed arms, back--and even a little thigh--started appearing on billboards around their country. Unilever quickly cleaned up its Lux soap ads by pasting a more modest dress on top and joked that Parker was bundling up for winter. Just, please, for mercy's sake, say they didn't touch her Manolo Blahniks...
...shoes may have made a big comeback on fashion runways in the spring, but stiletto lovers could not have predicted the return of that '70s staple, Earth Shoes. Celebs like Gwyneth Paltrow, Taye Diggs and Pierce Brosnan are snapping up styles such as the Vegan Mirage, right, for their comfort (the heels are slightly lower than the toes to promote a more natural posture). After a 20-year absence from the market, the shoes, originally developed by a Danish yoga master, are definitely making an impression...
Although the four Americans attained a new level of comfort around this time, when they were allowed to move into their own homes, they were still subject to constant surveillance, beatings and, occasionally, torture. For example, according to Jenkins, in the summer of his first year teaching, the short-sleeve shirts he began to wear to class with the warmer weather revealed an old tattoo on his left forearm: an infantry insignia of crossed rifles above the inscription U.S. ARMY. Officials deemed the tattoo unacceptable, and Jenkins was carted off to a hospital. A doctor, he claims, cut the flesh...
Parents who are worried that their children are too immersed in pop culture might take comfort in knowing that their forebears had similar fears in 1950, when kids couldn't get enough of TV cowboy HOPALONG CASSIDY...