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...kids alike consuming far more calories than they can possibly use, but they're also doing less and less with them. The transformation of American homes into high-def, Web-enabled, TiVo-equipped entertainment centers means that children who come home after a largely sedentary day at a school desk spend an average of three more sedentary hours in front of some kind of screen. Schools have contributed, with shrinking budgets causing more and more of them to slash physical-education programs. In 1991, only 42% of high school students participated in daily phys ed - already a troublingly low figure...
...waterfall cascades down a wall, replete with the soothing sounds of a babbling brook, "to wash away troubles," he explains as he passes through the second set of doors leading to the check-in kiosks. "Our customers find this sometimes more convenient than waiting in line at the desk," says McGuinness as he taps on the screen to demonstrate how you can select the location of your room. The actual check-in desk, called the Aloha desk, to the left, is circular--there's no imposing, long granite counter. "We wanted to put the desk staff in the middle...
...things I had done—an unsatisfyingly small number of activities due to the amount of time I had spent working as editorial page editor on The Crimson—and left the bright red piece of paper on top of the stack of papers on my desk. It would be the thing I saw every morning as I went to class and every evening as I set my alarm...
...After turning in my thesis, I cleaned off the stacks of drafts and notes on my desk and found that red piece of paper. I began to check off a few things, paused for a second, and dropped it in the trash. With nine weeks post-thesis and nearly-recovered from my injury—I will be walking as good as new today—I pledged to myself that I would spend as much time as I could seeing old friends, meeting new ones, and treasuring my time with the people I have seen every day. I wouldn?...
...After nearly eight years of teaching, Levitsky was preparing to clean up the cluttered piles of papers strewn about his desk and shelves...