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Jack La Lanne never did much for me. Sure, he introduced calisthenics to a generation of Americans. And, yes, at age 60 he swam from Alcatraz to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, handcuffed and towing a 1,000-lb. boat. But basically the guy pumped iron, curling and pressing his way to an Atlas physique. For La Lanne, now 85, and for Americans still stuck in the 1950s, this was fitness. For the rest of us--thank you, Jane Fonda--working out means panting and sweating and doing anything that will increase the heart rate. Being a dedicated...
Offers: 20-lb. dog ($15) to 110-lb...
Offers: 10-lb. cat ($15) to two-ton elephant...
...traders flowed across the newly porous border with Russia. In traditional Chinese medicine, tiger parts are reputed to have almost magical powers, and even though China has outlawed products made from the endangered cats, traders will pay Russian poachers big money for bones that will fetch $10,000 a lb. on Hong Kong's black market...
...FOOTBALL Doomed. By mid-century, selective breeding will have produced 450-lb. linebackers who can run the 40 in 3.5. When they collide with 420-lb. running backs who can do it in 3.3, the resulting explosions will be so gruesome that even the guy with the JOHN 3:16 sign will stop attending games...