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...obesity does not evoke deprivation, and it's more complicated than a bad habit: it involves food. The old messages won't work, says veteran Democratic operative Michael Berman, whose new memoir, Living Large, chronicles his struggles to come to terms with being fat. "This is different from second-hand smoke, where you can have a program of abstinence. You can give up smoking. You can't give up eating...
...different approach, one more concerned with the mental rather than physical landscape. Architecture professor and artist Michael Oatman has curated an exhibit about one of the most peculiar manifestations of locals’ imaginations: the practice of making miniatures.While model-making is often known as a cultish or clubby habit, most of these works were produced by individuals in private, and these tiny sculptures are projects which many of the creators had kept hidden until now. The exhibit opened last week at the Cambridge Arts Council, and it profiles art made on an almost preposterously small scale by 11 artists...
...then come back, again and again. At a recent meeting with Ikea executives from Sweden, I was surprised to learn that consumers of the brand's small-office products like to hold impromptu meetings in the store displays. Every day seems to bring a new twist on the fundamental habit of consumption: there are pop-up stores, mobile stores, automated stores and, of course, the Internet. In Japan young women buy everything from subway passes to mascara with a swipe of their cell phones...
...instrument of serving the community effectively, being trustworthy, and really appealing to everybody.”However, Bok was not just a good listener; he frequently offered up his own opinions, too.“The most distinctive feature of Bok’s presidency was...his habit of addressing controversial and divisive issues by publishing public letters to the community at large which analyzed the issues, addressed the range of opinion, and defended his own conclusion,” Morton Keller, co-author of “Making Harvard Modern,” writes in an e-mail...
...Australians' votes first - and then, in 1998, another chance to see parts of his program through - but Howard found it would not be so easy to win their affection or trust. After more than 25 years in politics, he had by habit found comfort in being right. It had garnered him respect. Being popular, however, was novel - and fleeting. By early 2001, he was back in familiar territory. With an election due before the end of the year, his government was losing altitude. Good Budget management had given Howard the populist means to target specific groups, such as retirees, farmers...