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...looked more “Girls Gone Wild” than Givenchy. Her partner was shimmying in his shiny shoes, but she only stumbled in a circle as he twirled her around. When he dipped her, her mouth gaped open in a smile. But slowly the jazz worked its magic. The couple fell into step, the fringe on her dress swishing to the tempo. Soon they were both spinning confidently, grinning as they raised their hands and wiggled their fingers. Jazz hands! Jazz hands! They were barely being ironic. In the galleries, marble statues clutched each other and were quiet...
...women." The book offers a four-phase program to toughen up women to negotiate on their own behalf. Babcock, an economics professor at Carnegie Mellon, bases her recommendations on years of research into women's negotiating habits. But at times the authors make assertive negotiation seem like a magic wand...
...time. Instead, says Eugene Declercq, a professor of maternal and child health at Boston University School of Public Health, the biggest change may simply be in the way we think about labor and delivery. In an increasingly technological and medicalized society, maybe even childbirth is losing some of its magic and becoming less about the miracle of life and more about simply getting a baby out safely and without incident. "We put a lot of emotional, psychological and spiritual value around birthing," says Dr. William Callaghan, an obstetrician at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "But perhaps...
...life as a musician. Schachter, who has played with clarinetist Don Byron, singer Jon Hendricks, Latin jazz pioneer Eddie Palmieri, trumpeter Brian Lynch, drummer Bobby Sanabria, and pianist Geri Allen, also notes a more ephemeral benefit. “There’s this kind of energy or magic that comes out of meeting someone who’s doing what you’re interested in doing and loves it so much,” he says. Everett argues that coming to Harvard is a valuable experience for the performers, as well. “To invite them...
...forget the children. This is pretty much the entirety of the three-minute “My Dougie” video, whose complexity in plot can only be compared with its complexity in lyrics. “My Dougie,” however, does manage to make some magic: as the video progresses, the hos amazingly multiply more times than Lil’ Wil can repeat the eponymous catch phrase in the course of one song. College students beware! Better learn that “My Dougie” dance if you want to look fresh on the floor...