Word: gluttonously
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...played with dolls, but today's dolls are practically self-sufficient: they talk, walk, dine, dance, do long division. Why bother setting up the play schoolroom when they already know more than we do? Among the Huffington Post's "15 Toys Not to Buy" this holiday season is Baby Glutton, a doll made in Spain that makes sucking sounds and comes with a halter top for little girls - with flowers as nipples - and the tagline "Because you shouldn't have to wait until you have breasts before you start breast-feeding your baby." (See the top 10 dubious toys...
...itself. When Sally turns manic, it's as if some interstellar alien god is speaking through her, and you hang on to its every word. As a person, you want her to get better, but as a reader, you can't get enough of the crazy. ("Mania is a glutton for attention," says Dr. Lensing, Sally's gifted therapist. "It craves thrills, action, it wants to keep thriving, it will do anything to live on.") It's the old Romantic lie of mania, that it represents a heightened version of the self, a genius too great to be comprehensible...
...weigh-in snack for each weekend. The torturous Friday fast is shared by all, however, and I got a tell-all glimpse into what it’s like to be a lightweight on a Friday. By noon, I viewed everybody I saw eating or drinking as an ungrateful glutton. When I walked by Pinocchio’s at 2:30, I almost broke down. Water fountains became cruel jokes. But I made it to 5 p.m., and Kauble did, too—despite having four pounds to go at 11pm when I talked to him on Thursday. My stats...
...ULTIMATE Ripon, Britain If you're a glutton for punishment, you'll enjoy the Ultimate, one of the world's longest coasters. Built in 1991, it offers a 6-min. ride (epic by coaster standards) through 2.27 km of countryside, albeit at a relatively genteel top speed of 80 km/h...
...York A 1927 creation on New York City's Coney Island, this ride was named a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1991. It's the world's most copied roller coaster, with seven replicas operating in the U.S., Europe and Japan. The Ultimate Ripon, England If you're a glutton for punishment, you'll enjoy the Ultimate, one of the world's longest coasters. Built in 1991, it offers a 6-min. ride (epic by coaster standards) through 2.27 km of countryside, albeit at a relatively genteel top speed of 80 km/h. SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES; COASTER CULTURE...