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...possess a television and a pair of eyes, you've seen the We Campaign ads. First there was a series that featured unlikely alliances, such as political enemies Pat Robertson and Al Sharpton, sitting on a couch talking about the need for conservatives and liberals to come together to solve the climate crisis...
...Olympic debut in Seoul in 1988, officials decided it was too hard to follow the fast-flying ball as it zipped from one end of the table to the other, so for the 2000 Games, they increased the regulation ball size to 40mm so even the most glassy-eyed couch potatoes could see it better on TV. The next year, they lowered the score scale so sets ended after 11 instead of 21 excruciating points...
Have you ever wondered why you can't get off the couch and exercise - despite paying for an expensive gym membership, despite your New Year's resolutions, even despite the doctor's scolding at your last checkup? Turns out that your inertia may be coded right into your genes...
...biggest challenge for the clergymen may be coping physically. Their liturgical calendar involves up to two Masses a day, visits to the infirm and serving as local school chaplains. It's easy to see why Delargy, slouched on a couch at Dublin's Windmill Lane Studios, already complains of exhaustion. Yet they will only get busier. A British film team is shadowing them for a documentary airing this fall, and in September the group will record a concert at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Armagh, Northern Ireland, for future broadcast on public TV stations across the U.S. The promotional travel...
...caution, saying in a release on Tuesday that there is a "long way to go to find a more lasting solution for those struggling with homelessness every day." Where the two sides disagree is whether a family of four who lost their home to the bank and is now couch-surfing with relatives should be considered homeless...