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...routine of calisthenics I developed years ago. The human animal evolved over an unimaginably large expanse of time, during which physical exertion was necessary for survival. Simulating the evolutionary norm with only 20 min. of workout per day is a stupendous bargain, if you ask me. Maxwell P. Iverson, MACOMB...
...routine of calisthenics I developed years ago. The human animal evolved over an unimaginably large expanse of time, during which physical exertion was necessary for survival. Simulating the evolutionary norm with only 20 min. of workout per day is a stupendous bargain, if you ask me. Maxwell P. Iverson, Macomb, Illinois
...industry in a tailspin, Michigan was as friendly an environment as he was likely to find. It is one of only two states in the country that lost population last year, as job seekers fled elsewhere, and the only one in the country with a shrinking gross domestic product. Macomb County, whose swing voters were the original "Reagan Democrats," once led the state in housing starts; it now sets the pace for foreclosures in Michigan...
...nearly three weeks, Grant's disappearance from her suburban home in Macomb County had dominated Detroit, pushing aside the region's larger, ongoing travail - the decline of Ford Motor Co. and reports that DaimlerChrysler wanted to dump its American partner. Then, last week, the grisly discovery of the missing woman's dismembered torso in the family garage shocked even the sheriff. "We were expecting to find a computer but we didn't think we'd find any remains or body parts. It was quite a surprise. It wasn't what we expected," said Sheriff Mark Hackel...
...There's nothing novel in the idea of a politician saying the same thing to politically divergent audiences. Bill Clinton did it in 1992, delivering the same message in white Macomb County, Michigan, as he did in black Detroit. And though McCain's call for tolerance and civility was not especially controversial or courageous, the Republican presidential aspirant got the best of all possible worlds - making amends to Falwell, sparking attacks from Greenwich Village lefties and generating tons of press attention in the process. Even better, the students might actually remember what got said at their commencement speech - which...