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...also offers something that Curves doesn't--a chance to play Muhammad Ali, if only for 20 minutes. "At other gyms I'd sit on a stationary bike for 45 minutes and never see results," says David McWilliams, 42, a manager at Louis Vuitton. "But here it's really fast-paced. You really have to move around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting for Fitness | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

...emphasis of breadth over depth is a charge commonly leveled at AP history courses as well. Teachers who oversee the U.S.- and European-history classes frequently complain that there is little time for discussion or debate in these fast-paced romps through a half-millennium or more of names, dates and battles. Dennis Kenny, who teaches the AP U.S. History course at McNair, has to keep an eye on the clock and calendar to make sure he covers the sprawling curriculum in time for the May exam. "We're usually struggling the last few weeks just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: How Smart Is AP? | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

...hard to tell the older model from the new one--but it is an all around improvement. The LCD screen looks better in sunlight, and the internal memory holds data even after the battery has drained. With certain service providers, the new Treo will be able to access a fast data network known as EDGE, giving it better-than-dial-up speeds for surfing or downloading files. It also supports Bluetooth networking, so you can link up a wireless headset...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Briefing: Trading Up | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

ZOLLARS There's been continuous upward pressure on wages and benefits. Our average driver makes $70,000 a year and has good benefits. Wages are going up 5% a year for union drivers and twice that fast on the nonunion side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CEO Speaks: Road Warrior | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

...Andreas (for PlayStation2) sounds like a game that glorifies delinquency, juvenile and otherwise. And it does. But it's also an extraordinary experiment in interactive storytelling. You play a playa,a Snoop-style gangbanger wandering through a vast, absurdly detailed virtual version of California. There's no hard-and-fast narrative. You go where you wish and do what you like, and the game makes things interesting accordingly. This is something that's possible in no other medium. San Andreas combines the richness of art with the freedom of real life to create something entirely new, totally unclassifiable and really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art of the Virtual | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

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