Word: modernism
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What is the correct way to run? Prior to the creation of the modern running shoe, people were taught how to run either by a running coach or by simple feedback from their feet. If something hurt, you would start running differently. You'd never, ever land on your heel on a thinly cushioned shoe, because it hurt. Your heel's not designed to absorb impact. Running should feel weightless. It should feel like you're floating in space. It's basically a series of controlled jumps. Then we started trying to trump nature and come up with something...
...good place to stay healthy, but also a good place to be sick: of 19 industrialized nations, France has the lowest number of "amenable deaths" - fatalities that could have been prevented by good health care. (The U.S. had the highest.) But France is not immune to the challenges of modern health care. Despite massive government spending, its health-care system regularly runs over budget; in 2009 the deficit is expected to be $10.4 billion. Frustrated with the overstrained public-health sector, many people are now choosing private care. (See pictures of France...
...eventually look for better returns elsewhere. In the absence of better opportunities, Indians will continue to seek the security of government jobs for their children, making it that much more difficult to reform India's bloated bureaucracy. Without public-sector reform, India won't be able to build the modern intelligence, police and emergency services it needs to cope with 21st century terrorism...
...been years since karaoke, that staple of modern Asian life, was relegated to the ranks of drunken salarymen. Today in Hong Kong, it's being integrated into office life in a new tradition known as "K Lunch." Hong Kong residents are flocking to karaoke studios on their lunch hours, when many businesses are now offering two hours of food and song for less than $5. Students routinely hit up K Lunch, but the low price - using the same room after 6 p.m. costs about three times as much - also lures office workers, teachers, retirees and housewives. "You can have...
...greenery, famed for its meticulously manicured greenswards - many of them rose gardens in the English style - and fully deserving of its "Garden City" tagline. Edwardian punts float down the peaceful, winding river Avon, while helmeted sightseers glide past on futuristic Segway transporters. This combination of the genteel and the modern is typical of the place, which offers plenty of artistic, culinary and recreational opportunities against a panoramic backdrop of ocean, peaks and plains. "Christchurch is a beautifully green, clean, safe city," says Ellis, who appreciates that "it's 10 minutes to surf at the beach and an hour from...