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Sitting on the couch watching TV, my foot started its nervous tapping, irritating my wife sitting next to me. Then it happened. Dancing with the Stars judge Len Goodman commented that the dancer's foot was moving so fast it looked like he had restless leg syndrome. My ears perked up. Having seen advertisements for pharmaceuticals to treat this condition, and not knowing what it was, I searched the Web for "restless leg syndrome" in an act of self diagnosis and began to wonder: What influences our searches for medical conditions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Restless Leg, Mumps and Other Maladies | 5/16/2007 | See Source »

...decades at most, according to the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change-and by rising to meet the challenge, this generation will achieve "the enhanced moral authority" it needs to solve so many other problems. Then, suddenly, Gore was laying American democracy itself on the couch, asking why the U.S. has been unable to take action on global warming, why it has made so many other disastrous choices-rushing into war in Iraq, spying on Americans without search warrants, holding prisoners at Guantánamo Bay without due process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Temptation of Al Gore | 5/16/2007 | See Source »

...race to 160 beats per minute (equivalent to that of pro basketball player), while both hands work the mouse and keyboard at speeds of about 500 clicks per minute. They may be sitting down in a chair, but the sweat that pours off them suggests they're anything but couch potatoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Playing Video Games Is a Life | 5/14/2007 | See Source »

...been moved online, Neuberger said.“I’m really confident that the changes that were brought about have improved my company tremendously and has yielded a much better service than existed in the past,” Neuberger said.But Lesser, who never got back a couch and two rugs that he and his roommates stored last summer, said he remains unconvinced that Collegeboxes’ services will improve this year.“Their behavior last year shows that they don’t really have much regard for what their written policies...

Author: By Victoria B. Kabak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Collegeboxes To Return | 5/4/2007 | See Source »

...Worth it? You betcha. Since even our big-screen TVs and surround-sound speakers can't do them justice, jaw-dropping effects are one of the only things that will get audiences off the couch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Spider-Man Worth $300 Million? | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

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