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...kneading and friction); Neuromuscular massage (applying finger pressure to individual muscles); Deep tissue massage (slow strokes, direct pressure, friction); Sports Massage (specially modified to deal with the needs of the athlete); and Shiatsu (Japanese technique performed on the floor...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The New You: FM's Guide to Self-Improvement | 9/30/1999 | See Source »

...York Times ? the Italians, apparently, are not relying on help from Moscow. It?s not hard to imagine the reason for that Russian stonewall; when half a nation?s economy is controlled by organized crime, it?s inevitable that government officials ? including those at the Central Bank ? have a finger or two (or an arm, up to the shoulder) in the cookie jar. The Russians, say U.S. investigators, just want to find out where the U.S. paper trail is leading before they fill in any of the blanks. Said former CIA counterterrorism chief Vincent Cannistraro told USA Today: "They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surprise! Moscow Stonewalls on Laundering Probe | 9/28/1999 | See Source »

...next June. The scandals are potent political fodder not only because they discredit Yeltsin but also because they fit into a popular Russian myth that the U.S. somehow engineered the country's woes. As eager as Russians are to blame their own tainted leaders, they also point an accusatory finger at Washington for their failures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Ruble Shakedown | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...always feel a passion for what's behind the door." And he remains a trenchant critic of the record business and the "sound-alike, look-alike meaningless music" that rules today's pop but saps its relevance. He has bigger targets too: America's gun culture and the finger pointing of Washington moralists who blamed musicians for the Columbine massacre, which he blasts as "scapegoating" and "blurring the world of reality and fantasy. I don't have messages of Go kill yourself or Don't kill yourself in my music. People have to be given credit and responsibility for their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Reznor's Redemption | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...used to make good romantic comedies? When Harry Met Sally, Pretty Woman, Tootsie, etc. Now we get abominable drivel like You've Got Mail and Picture Perfect. Thank goodness for Julia Roberts. When she finds the right role, she can wrap even the most bitter of cynics around her finger. But in general, Julia gets offered good roles, so the results should be consistent, right? The problem, of course, is that Julia Roberts is nothing without her hair (her hair speaks for her--pay attention, this is subtle). Why did Mary Reilly, Michael Collins, I Love Trouble, etc. etc. flop...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani and David Kornhaber, S | Title: I Know What You Saw This Summer | 9/24/1999 | See Source »

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