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...them makes sure to check in with his girlfriend about whether they’re planning on eating later on in the day. They are. All of a sudden the other boys seem less hungry too. Maybe they had big breakfasts? “I actually digested a huge gust of wind on my way to work…” one of the guys admits...

Author: By Sophie T. Bearman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Boys Will Be Girls On "Harvard Sailing Team" | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

Friends tell me how to this day, the smell of new plastic evokes Baby Tender Love. They recall the gust of freedom a new bike blew in, and the endless architectural possibilities provided by a tub of Legos: six bricks fit together in 102,981,500 ways. Will any of this season's hot toys leave marks so deep? Or would strapped parents do better to remember the toys that changed them and go looking elsewhere? (Facebook users, comment on this story below...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forget Zhu Zhu Hamsters, Classic Toys Have Power | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

...Minke whale - commercial whaling is both popular and legal here - and floor-length sweaters. "Everyone was looking at what happened here as a catastrophe, but I see it as an opportunity," says Recht as he toys with a mannequin wrapped in mounds of black knitted Icelandic wool. A gust of wind from the nearby rocky shore taps on his glass door. "When you have nothing, why not risk everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iceland's Fashion Designers Flourish in the Downturn | 11/14/2009 | See Source »

...hysterical. "We must land now!" he yelled. "We must land now!" Piltre stayed icy calm. "Look, d'Arlandes," he said. "Here we are above Paris. There's no possible danger for you. Are you taking this all in?" But the marquis couldn't take it in. When a gust of wind jostled the balcony, he screamed, "What are you doing! Stop dancing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science Feels Sexy in The Age of Wonder | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

...that's the moonwalk. It's actually a very simple dance - and one Jackson didn't invent out of thin air. Its origins can be traced back to French mime Marcel Marceau's "Walking Against the Wind" trick, in which he pretended to be pushed backward by an imaginary gust of wind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Moonwalk like Michael | 6/25/2009 | See Source »

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