Word: lightness
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...steamy July morning in New York City last summer, Allergan, maker of Botox, unveiled the latest weapon in its aesthetic arsenal, Juvéderm. The new wrinkle filler--made from hyaluronic acid, a naturally occurring sugar in the skin that helps it hold moisture--had just got the green light from the FDA for distribution in the U.S. Champagne corks popped and a curtain parted to reveal a glamorous and wrinkle-free blond, seen minutes before on a video with a face full of creases and frowns. "This is the new generation of dermal fillers," gushed Caroline Van Hove, director...
...Spencer's first change was the easiest. She replaced all the household light bulbs with compact fluorescents and lost 8,500 pounds. Instead of using the clothes dryer, she hangs her wash outside and uses cold water in the washing machine. That shed another 2,500 pounds. She drives slower - ever accelerating past 55 miles per hour in her Honda Civic. Another 2,500 pounds lost, plus a boost in her mileage up to 39 miles per gallon. Finally, the family devised a new commute plan that enabled her husband and her daughter to ride their bikes to work...
...speed on our line, great hands, so it just kind of clicked today.” Linemates Wilson and senior co-captain Jennifer Sifers assisted on both of Johnston’s first two goals. “It was great to see the second [line] really light it up,” Harvard coach Katey Stone said. “K-Jo had a good day, and it’s nice to see the spread-out scoring.” The Crimson had not recorded back-to-back slaughters of this ilk since...
...Louis K. Kang ’09. The next dance style on the music playlist was Raas, in which dancers hold striped sticks, clacking them together while moving in parallel lines or circles. The night ended with a bang, as a cheer rose from the crowd when a strobe light shut on and Bhangra music, a fusion of traditional Punjabi music with a pop background beat, pulsated through the dance floor. “When everyone is so tired, they all just go crazy,” said Abby Swenson, an MIT junior...
...incomprehensible, in fact, that some suspect it won't be that simple. In light of Algeria's traditionally ruthless treatment of Islamist militants, Amnesty International warns that Britain may be sending him home to face abuses. "If Abu Doha is deported as planned, he faces grave danger of detention and torture in Algeria," says an Amnesty spokesman in London, who says at least 12 specific cases of alleged secret detention and torture in Algeria have been reported to his group since 2002. In August, a British court ruling struck down challenges to such deportations on human rights grounds, citing Algeria...