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...thought I cannot purge, the one that keeps coming back and getting between me and my bliss, is this: What a waste of time. I am sitting cross-legged on a purple cushion with my eyes closed in a yoga studio with 40 people, most of them attractive women in workout outfits, and it is accomplishment enough that I am not thinking about them. Or giggling. I have concentrated on the sounds outside and then on my breath and then, supposedly, just on the present reality of my physical state--a physical state concerned increasingly with the lack of blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just Say Om | 8/4/2003 | See Source »

...some cases, a few modifications to a car may temporarily improve things. Wider mirrors can expand field of vision. Pedal extensions can help shorter drivers accelerate and brake without leaning too close to the steering wheel. A booster cushion on the seat can provide them with a clearer view...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Too Old to Drive? | 7/28/2003 | See Source »

...fixed-interest products (such as bonds) and 5% exposure to commodities or real-estate vehicles. By the time they hit their mid-50s, they should have rebalanced their portfolios to around 50% equities, 30% fixed-interest products and 20% exposure to property and commodities - and have a cash cushion of three to six months' salary. "Then," says Justin Modray, an adviser at Bestinvest, "in tough times you won't have to cash in at disadvantageous terms." [an error occurred while processing this directive] Get work to pay Corporate benefits vary across the E.U. - in the U.K., company pension plans cover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surviving the Slump | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

Emily C. Lloyd: I do think that women, again as part of what’s the acceptable range, tend to do some of their toughest things privately, less publicly, than men sometimes do. And that creates a cushion that...”It’s all right if you do it, but I don’t want to have to watch you do it, because I’ll be horrified if a woman’s doing that.” And I think I watch other women, and I do think that they?...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women at the Helm | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

Pitching with a three-run cushion, Pauly yielded only a single hit over the remaining five innings...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: The Season, In A Single Play | 5/12/2003 | See Source »

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