Word: homespuns
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...hard look at the very old in the U.S., most notably in the New England Centenarian Study, led by Dr. Thomas Perls, a geriatrician at Boston University, and in a major study under way at the National Institute on Aging. While the very old are happy to offer homespun explanations for their longevity--"I never took a drink"; "I drank a shot of whiskey every day"--experts are trying to unravel and understand the biological factors that allow some people to reach 100 while others drop off in their 70s or 80s. Researchers are particularly interested in determining which factors...
...familiarity. Reagan had this domesticated appeal--bred in him, perhaps, but also hammered into him by all those roles in which he essentially played the sensible master of ceremonies to a cast of more gifted or committed actors. This steadiness, combined with a voice suggesting unforced manliness and homespun wisdom, made him a welcome, authoritative TV figure and a superb politician...
...film has its longueurs. The interviews with young blacks and a grieving mother in Moore?s home town of Flint, Michigan, are relevant and poignant, but they lack the propulsive force and homespun indignance of the rest of the film. ?Fahrenheit 9/11? is at its best when it provides talking points for the emerging majority of those opposed to the Iraq incursion. In sum, it?s an appalling, enthralling primer of what Moore sees as the Bush Administration?s crimes and misdemeanors...
...During the show, Peter, of the one-man band Poem Adept, plays several songs he had composed by putting the words of his finds to music, including one entitled “The Booty Don’t Stop,” adapted from a cassette tape of homespun rap tunes found by a reader...
...private stock of folks like the Fergusons. New foods are more likely to be designed and market-tested by corporate scientists, who could just as easily be making new pharmaceutical products. The Fergusons represent a growing flock of middle-aged foodies who are convinced that their homespun concoctions could be big sellers at the cash register. Of course, no one says it's going to be easy. But if you want to sell your favorite food to the public, there are lots of lessons to learn from the challenges faced by those like the Fergusons who have built thriving businesses...