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...board at the inn, he had been forced to succumb to the inept fumblings of pallid, emaciated men in too-tight breeches, all calling themselves “artists.” Invariably these artists found reasons to constantly touch him, rearranging that arm, this hand, that burnished curl. This, The Stable Boy knew, would be the last time. He growled softly to himself.Tatiana purred in response. They had taken to each other immediately.“Well,” said Monsieur Jacques, “I suppose that—well, I do believe that will suffice...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Stable Boy | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

...down--and fight that urge with both your hamstrings and your quads. Some of these stretching moves can be done alone and others with a partner whom you'd enlist to, say, pull your fist away from you as you work to pull it in during a bicep curl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Resistance Stretching | 8/7/2008 | See Source »

...know it, is a movement that is about greed," steered by the right-wing "chiselers" on the Hill and inside gleaming K Street offices, Frank writes. He offers one damning anecdote after another, like the tale of an especially effective and wealthy lobbyist that made him "want to curl up with a bottle of scotch, set the Sex Pistols record on infinite repeat, and forget this city of bought men." The only solution: "wholesale renovation of the federal apparatus." Liberals will nod approvingly and smirk the whole way through, while conservatives will grind their teeth to the gums. Which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Skimmer | 8/7/2008 | See Source »

Curse you, JetBlue. That, at least, has been the flying public's response to news that the airline has found another long-taken-for-granted amenity and started charging for it. Passengers who want to curl up with a blanket and pillow on their cross-country JetBlue flight now have to pay $7 for them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airline Fees: Who's the Stingiest? | 8/6/2008 | See Source »

What put Twain off about religion was its bossiness and its alignment with corrupt community values that people--those standing to profit--insisted on calling a higher power. The very expression "moral sense" made him curl his lip. He denounced his own conscience, which frowned upon his anarchic instincts, his love of enjoyment, and made him feel guilty and rebellious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mark Twain: Our Original Superstar | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

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