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...years, dancers have benefited from the Pilates program, toning their muscles and building strength while at the same time increasing flexibility. After seven decades, it emerged from the ballet studio and has been hailed as the exercise of the light-and-lean '90s. Younger people kicked off the trend, but middle-aged and older men and women are discovering its distinct advantages. Connecting breathing to movement, stretching the spine and lengthening ligaments and muscles improve balance and correct posture, giving a better sense of well-being and reducing the risk of falls and future injury. "You feel more energized...
...always so complex a beast. The idea of a permanent U.S. orbital platform was first proposed by Ronald Reagan in his State of the Union address in January 1984. For all the station's great size, Reagan envisioned it as a fairly fat-free piece of engineering: a lean, $8 billion cluster of modules that could be manufactured on the ground, be assembled in space and go into service by 1992. Orbiting Earth 200 miles up, it would serve as a flying laboratory for inventing new materials and conducting pharmaceutical work. More important, it would help scientists study the physical...
...lean towards a pro-choice stance, intheory," she says. "I would never supportlegislation taking away the choice, and I mostdefinitely think it should be kept as an optionfor students here...
...people too. "The level of partisanship has made a number of Democrats who thought of not voting think they should come out and make a statement," he said. Having sworn off the money that would have funded a sophisticated media campaign, Feingold doesn't have much more to lean on. Last week he made a campaign stop at Robinson Elementary School in Beloit, Wis. Fewer than 20 people attended--some local party officials, a few teachers and a handful of kids whose parents were late to pick them up. Standing in front of the school, Feingold spoke for 10 minutes...
...baby boomer type of thing," she explains. "They've been through the aerobic stage, they've been through the jogging and weightlifting stages, and now they're 40. They're aging, and Pilates is perfect for osteoporosis, arthritis and building a great body. It's the long, lean look of a dancer's body that they've wanted all along...