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...year-olds and 9.25 hr. for teens (yes, researchers are that precise!). The temptation to let bedtime slide in the hope of capturing some elusive quality time is especially strong for working parents, who include 72% of moms. How much difference could an extra, say, 40 min. of awake time really make...
FILM | Dance, Girl, Dance by Dorothy Arzner (1940, 89 min...
...Henry Ford's company was turning out a car every 12 hours. Stockholders were impressed, but Ford wanted more and began experimenting with production-line techniques, moving parts along while each worker performed one task. In 1913 his new plant opened and began producing a Model T every 93 min.; by 1925 that was down to 15 sec. The productivity gains allowed Ford to turn a rich man's plaything into a mass product. By paying $5 an hour, he gave workers enough cash to drive...
...America in 1999, when his last-minute substitution in "Gala of the Century" in Ravinia with the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 brought the audience to its feet. "It was," says Lang Lang, "the moment of my dreams." In China he's played for former President Jiang Ze-Min, been the subject of a best-selling biography, and is recognized on the streets. Now that success is spreading to the West. He's onto his second record contract, having just been snapped up by Deutsche Grammophon, which recently released his recordings of Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn concertos. In July...
...Chicago's Four Seasons hotel is offering a caviar facial treatment at its in-house spa. Guests have their faces smothered in a pricey mixture of caviar, pearl proteins and marine agents, and afterward they sip a little bubbly and nibble on a caviar canape. Book yourself a 30-min. treatment for $65, 50 min. for $110 or go full throttle for 80 min. at $155. --By Alix Strauss