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...women, unlike men, whose bodies secrete high levels of testosterone, are more likely to laugh. By book's end, the reader has become familiar with the nasolabial fold (the curving lines which form between the cheeks and upper lip) and the inner-workings of the smile, whose principal puppet master is the cranial nerve number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A History of Lip-Reading | 3/30/2004 | See Source »

...meanwhile, are free to settle down with the Coens in their best environment, which is provincial America. Their most delicious films (Fargo, O Brother, Where Art Thou?) are populated by curiously likable boneheads, obsessively committed to miscreant conspiracies far too complex for them to really master. Opposing them are thwarting figures like Marva (or Marge, Fargo's immortally sensible, pregnant, smart police chief) who appear at first glance to be simple souls but are, in fact, the salt of our earth--folks who have so internalized their morality that it comes out as just plain common sense, funnily understated. They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Dandy Dodgy Lodgers | 3/29/2004 | See Source »

...captain Kenny Smith added: “He knows the little parts of the game very well, and he brings an intensity to the team that has helped us master the little things that have led to our success recently...

Author: By David H. Stearns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Assistant Reilly Has Maine Ties | 3/26/2004 | See Source »

...course, learning to catch and throw is difficult enough for a child to master, even with his dominant arm making the toss. So relearning the mechanics and motion from the opposite side wasn’t exactly easy...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BASEBALL 2004: Pretty Fly for a Shy Guy | 3/25/2004 | See Source »

Trained as a classical cellist, Ma has sought to master his craft throughout his career even as he branched out into new realms of musical expression. He has worked with instruments and traditions from across the globe...

Author: By Daniel P. Krauthammer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Yo-Yo Ma To Recieve Arts Medal | 3/25/2004 | See Source »

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