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...best approach is to perform the same exercises you would do on the floor-squats, tricep dips, push-ups and the like. Your muscles fatigue quicker, so the exercise routine will be shorter, but you're still not making the plates do all the work. "This is not a magic bullet that helps people lose weight without doing anything," says Cedric Bryant, chief exercise physiologist for the American Council on Exercise. "If you are a healthy individual, wbv training should be a supplement to a sensible diet and exercise program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Way to Shake Off the Pounds | 9/5/2006 | See Source »

...most emailed stories on the Web last week reported that junior-high boy students do better when taught by a man, and girl students do better when taught by a woman. Here was a magic-bullet explanation for The Boy Crisis from Stanford's Hoover Institute: the boys are lacking because 4 out of 5 teachers are women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware of Dubious Teaching Secrets | 9/5/2006 | See Source »

...stops here because I protected the family with my magic line." AGENDA PURBA, Sumatran witch doctor, after treating a suspected bird-flu victim who had escaped from a hospital, explaining how he prevented the spread of the disease. Many rural villagers believe avian flu to be the result of black magic, complicating efforts to contain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 9/4/2006 | See Source »

...girl in Anaka and sacrifice her. Joseph Kony, the (lra) leader, who was indicted last year by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity, has himself secured loyalty from troops by claiming the ability to channel spirits. Former rebels describe him as performing feats of magic: causing stones dipped in oil to explode when he throws them or daubing a special oil on the feet of young soldiers to help them march dozens of miles on empty stomachs. And now that peace is slowly returning to the region, traditional Acholi beliefs may prove the best method...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warding Off The Evils of Civil War | 9/3/2006 | See Source »

...private, intimate affair compared with the attack on the World Trade Center, which was witnessed by millions of bystanders and television viewers and documented by hundreds of Zapruders. You would think there was enough footage and enough forensics to get us past the grassy knoll and the magic bullet, to create a consensus reality, a single version of the truth, a single world we can all live in together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Won't Go Away | 9/3/2006 | See Source »

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