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When Samir Kassir, a leading Lebanese journalist, met with friends in Beirut for dinner last week, he was in a buoyant mood. Syria had withdrawn its troops from Lebanon, and a series of parliamentary elections that began on May 29 were set to result in a new government led by the anti-Syrian opposition. "Samir was very happy. He was telling us it was a new era for democracy in the region," says Malek Mrowa, a businessman and friend of Kassir's. The next morning, the 45-year-old Kassir, a university lecturer and columnist for Lebanon's An-Nahar...
...gave up racquetball and triathlons after three knee operations. As Petersen, Devore, Franzen and any other middle-aged fitness buff can tell you, the older you get, the more you have to deal with creaky and painful joints. But the benefits of exercise--from lower blood pressure to improved mood--are just too great to pass up. So most people who want to remain active eventually learn to accommodate their aging bodies by changing sports or exercise routines...
...been getting some answers they like. The explosive reaction in the press in April to a research report suggesting that Americans who are a bit overweight had a ("slight") reduction in the risk of dying over the course of the study compared with those of normal weight brightened the mood in buffet lines everywhere. Not surprisingly, the public largely overlooked the study's more important point--that obesity still cuts lives short. But even as the public seized on the slim hope that there really might be a free lunch, the experts have also begun questioning the received wisdom that...
Herrmann said the team’s mood during the week—it arrived in Orange County midday on Wednesday—was “really positive,” and equally...
...along to the music. There are a few other characters in attendance--the cadet band thrashing out speed-rock covers, a Vietnam War hero dispensing advice at the bar, an exchange cadet from Uzbekistan playing drinking games in the corner--but by and large, it's all Firsties. The mood is convivial and congratulatory. The Firstie Club is like a sports bar where the cadets gather to cheer on their favorite team: themselves...