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...Betty's genius for sabotaging her own security and picking up the wrong bloke at the pub. Amid this culture of poverty, mental illness, domestic violence, alcoholism and fear, Sayer blossoms. She finds ways to escape the misery, if only in bursts, through poetry, martial arts and music. Friends drop in and out, as does Gerry, but Sayer's resilience is the bedrock of the story. There's a charm and grace (and goofiness) in the adolescent Sayer, whose telling evokes the quiet dignity Henry Lawson found a century ago in the "sallow faces" and "weary feet" of the underclass...
...decision to drop her Italian last name (Dattilo) and take her husband's was not made lightly. ("What am I, Irish now, after 40 years?" she jokes.) Part of her wanted to carry on the name of her father, who died two years ago, and stick with the identity she had worked so hard to establish. "But I really like the idea of honoring my husband, whom I love very much," she says. "It feels like I'm celebrating a nice tradition, and it makes us more like a family unit...
...fast, say other experts. For one thing, it's possible that unacknowledged weight loss is responsible for the improving health numbers. People who are very overweight often pick up or drop 10 or 20 lbs. at a time, fluctuations that get lost in the statistical noise of their overall battle with the scale. If you become physically active, it's hard not to lose at least a little more than you gained, and that little can mean a lot. Normally the greatest weight-loss benefit comes from the first few pounds you shed. A 240-lb. man who drops...
...problem with all such trends is that they often trivialize themselves into fads, easy to latch onto and easier to drop. Perhaps the key to the fat-and-fit movement is that there is no one key. In our effort to get healthy and look great, we have created an environment so hostile to the idea of obesity that overweight people have become marginalized, giving up on their well-being and sometimes failing to show up even for such routine tests as Pap smears and mammograms for fear of being hectored about their weight by their doctors...
...father would say only that the affair "is unfortunate for our family and unfortunate for the state." The Governor told TIME, "I fully expected these attacks because I made powerful interests angry." Blagojevich, who defeated then state attorney general Jim Ryan in 2002, has seen his approval rating drop sharply, from 52% to 35% in a recent poll. "This is a fight that should have been avoided at all costs," says Paul Green, director of policy studies at Roosevelt University. "It can't be a positive for him." Or for the next family picnic. -By David E.Thigpen