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...whether it's walking briskly, lifting weights or playing a vigorous game of tennis. Not only will the exertion help you shed some pounds, but it's also more beneficial to the heart and skeletal muscles. Keep your money in your pocket. There are no shortcut pills to a leaner body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble With Fat-Burner Pills | 8/27/2001 | See Source »

...decision that will put 2,600 out of work in southern Sweden. In fact, in just a single week in late July, European companies announced a total of 30,000 layoffs. Stock markets across the Continent may cheer the restructuring measures because companies need to slim down for leaner times. But what happens to the workers after they have been cut adrift from their jobs? How generous are their redundancy packages, how do they go about finding new jobs - and what if they can't? And how do countries, and companies, find the right balance between being compassionate to their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blood, Sweat, Toil and Tears | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

...contemporaries Philip Roth and Saul Bellow. The Scotch drinking, Schimmelpenninck cigar-smoking Mordecai was never a follower of stylish food fads. Dine with him in a deli and order a pastrami lean, and Mordecai would tell the waiter, "Bring me his fat." Our lives will all be a little leaner without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

That's exactly what he wants to do. But Burden isn't an autocrat. His preternatural calm--he was a National Geographic photographer before founding Walkable in 1996--sets people at ease. He knows that slimmer roads are "leaner, safer and more efficient," and that they take some of the stress off drivers too. "We tend not to like open, scary places, and we try to get through them quicker. Somehow the canopy effect of tree-lined streets slows traffic." Burden can't eliminate road rage. But for some drivers, riders and pedestrians across the country, he can create road...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Community Activism: He Takes Back The Streets For Walking | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

...Governance. Let’s be honest. At least half of the time the Undergraduate Council is mentioned in student conversation, it is to mock its latest efforts or to criticize the leadership. The council has been irresponsible in the past, but it may have turned a corner: the leaner, meaner council will get $15 more from each of you next year, and student groups will sit up and take notice when grant time comes around...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: Making Harvard Better | 5/11/2001 | See Source »

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