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...also a student with a high profile in the class, a doer, an organizer, [a] general contributor to the program...
...grown tougher, and together: If you were a terrorist, would you choose this moment to attack? Probably not - while the streets will be filled by swarms of Americans celebrating a holiday the terrorists hate, any evil-doer with half a brain would be deterred by the past week's massive mobilization of police and military personnel. New York, Washington and other potential hotspots will be jammed to bursting with law enforcement; on the Mall in D.C. alone there will be 2,000 security workers...
...taping of “The Mickey Mouse Club.” The festivities at my ninth birthday party included a Polynesian luau at one of the Disney resort hotels. In fifth grade I represented my school as a recipient of a Disney Dreamer and Doer award for displaying Walt’s favorite characteristics of curiosity, courage, constancy and confidence. I survived my first “camping” experience in the oddly unnatural nature of Fort Wilderness at 12 and overcame my fear of roller coasters by finally caving into peer pressure and braving Thunder Mountain Railroad...
...matter who endorses them or how expensive they are--shape your midsection no better than old-fashioned stomach crunches. Some can even cause injury--like the $518.99 Body Shapers, which left electrical burns on some researchers at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. Others, like the popular Ab-Doer, typically burn fewer calories than a gentle walk, according to a study to be published in September by the American Council on Exercise...
...what works best? In its new study, the exercise council evaluates the popular Ab-Doer. A lengthy TV infomercial promises that just 10 minutes a day performing such maneuvers as "Body Boogies" and "Good Mornings" will "trim those abs the fun and easy way without diets." Steven Loy, professor of kinesiology at California State University, Northridge, tested those claims by measuring the electrical activity produced by the abdominals during three Ab-Doer maneuvers. He and his colleagues then compared the results with those generated during traditional exercises. They determined that the muscles were no more active, and in some cases...