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...expect from someone in the fourth decade of her athletic career, Navratilova doesn't believe in instant gratification. The quick-fix mentality, she says, is what's wrong with how a lot of folks approach fitness. "You can't feel like you have to drastically change your life overnight," she says. "People make resolutions, especially at New Year's. They last two weeks." The enthusiasm may be well intentioned, but the plan is usually not well executed. "They get excited. 'I'm going to the gym!'" she says. "Then they totally overdo it. They are exhausted and sore, and that...
...wait that long to get your crime-and-fraternal-struggle-in-working- class-America fix, there's Showtime's Brotherhood, which debuts in June. That drama, which features two brothers--one a rising politician, the other a small-time crook--is set in Providence, R.I., but also explores fate and circumstance in the mournful, urban-blighted Northeast of a generation ago. "Without getting too highfalutin," says creator Blake Masters about the trend toward villain protagonists, "post-9/11, we hit some of our darkest days, and now we're in a war that will go on for years against...
...Being able to fix anything with whatever lies to hand is a proud tradition in Australia, says Adelaide author Mark Thomson, who's writing a book about the people he calls "resourceful problem solvers." Some backyard tinkerers and rural handymen, he says, "will spend an enormous amount of time and effort doing a repair job with bits and pieces they've got in their shed. When it's fixed and it works, it's a real victory that you've done it yourself and it hasn't cost a thing." That frugal ingenuity is shared by many rural women, says...
...neighbors they don't talk to over the fence, or the grandparent they never see. And a way to take creative control of at least the few square meters of the world they call home. When everything else looks like a mess, it's neat to know you can fix just about anything with a dash of vinegar and a sprinkle of bicarb soda...
...They can do it themselves, the same way that when a car company product malfunctions, the company usually bends over backwards to fix the mistake,” Reider said...