Word: distinctively
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...building strength while at the same time increasing flexibility. After seven decades, it emerged from the ballet studio and has been hailed as the exercise of the light-and-lean '90s. Younger people kicked off the trend, but middle-aged and older men and women are discovering its distinct advantages. Connecting breathing to movement, stretching the spine and lengthening ligaments and muscles improve balance and correct posture, giving a better sense of well-being and reducing the risk of falls and future injury. "You feel more energized, but your body is more relaxed," says Mari Winsor, who has just opened...
...site defines tessellations as "repeating patterns of distinct shapes...which can be broken down to identical sections [that]...repeat throughout the design...
...desires of 80 million aging baby boomers who are eager to seize control of their medical destinies. The perceived coldness and remoteness of conventional medicine and red-tape-tangled managed care make readily available herbs and other supplements seem particularly appealing. Consumers value them as preventive measures, as something distinct from potent pharmaceutical drugs that are prescribed only after disease strikes. "Doctors are getting more and more inaccessible," says Leda Jean Van Stedum, 45, a Denver secretary who was shopping in a Vitamin Cottage chain store for preparations of black cohosh and dong quai to head off premenstrual discomfort...
That herbal preparations seem--and are marketed as--"natural," as distinct from synthetic pharmaceutical drugs, adds to their appeal. "A lot of people feel comforted by taking something they regard as a natural substance," says Dr. Sidney Bogardus, who directs Yale's Geriatric Assessment Clinic. "Of course, the substances in an herb are chemicals just as they are in medicine made by pharmaceutical companies. But it seems more gentle and safe, and people are reassured by that...
...studies, and a guest must move through them first to access the public region of entertainment. This shift echoes the transition from the inland side of the house to the waterside. This differentiation is manifest in the exterior construction as well. The proliferation of windows facing the water is distinct from any other wall. The entire house is composed along a diagonal that mimics the slope down to the water...