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Four Seasons also has a "Presidential Retreat" package to give you a taste of the chief executive's life. You get a VIP greeting and escort to your room, champagne and chocolates delivered by a champagne butler and an executive power treatment - either a facial, massage or scrub. Once revitalized, you can tackle the economy with a $50 gift card (hey, it's a start). Relax the next morning with breakfast in bed. Rates begin at $470. Through March 1. 120 East Delaware Place, Chicago...
Beyond that, what the genetic origin of facial expressions suggests is that the way your face looks is strongly related to what you are feeling inside. What I began to wonder was whether the train might run in the opposite direction: Could you change what you're feeling inside by pulling your face into a different expression? This is what the trainer had suggested: my exercises would be easier if I kept my face passive rather than twisted...
...possibility that your expression could affect your mood was first suggested to me by Marsha Linehan, a University of Washington psychologist who treats suicidal patients. She has found that helping patients modulate their facial expressions - relaxing the face when angry, for instance - can help them control their emotions. Ekman and his colleagues provided evidence of this in a Science paper back in 1983. They found that those instructed to produce certain facial movements showed the same physiological responses as those asked to recall a highly emotional experience. Later, a study showed that if you hold a pencil between your teeth...
...your brain, which may be screaming from the pain that your trainer is causing, and your face, which can - if you draw it into a relaxed expression - inform your brain that it shouldn't be protesting so much. So next time you're working out and grimacing, push your facial muscles into submission. Look blank. You will find it's easier to get through one more...
...trail. Recently named NBC's chief White House correspondent, Todd has written a book on the race along with NBC's Sheldon Gawiser, How Barack Obama Won. He spoke with TIME about where the media's election coverage went wrong, how bloggers make him nicer and why his famed facial hair isn't going anywhere...