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...Eating Disorders Clinic with eating disorders both make tremendous psychological and physical investments in their bodies In an article entitled "Eating Disorders in Males: A Special Case?" Anderson claims that both male athletes and anorexics abuse substances in attempts to achieve near-impossible goals of body weight or muscular definition. Whether it be steroids or laxatives, in Machiavellian terms the end is though to justify the means...
...speech creates one of these kinds of educational environments? The only way to discover if some speech intimidates somebody is by asking that person whether he/she finds the speech intimidating. And the "reasonable person" test will not diminish the subjectivity of intimidation. A reasonable person who is large and muscular probably won't be intimidated as easily as reasonable person who is short and fragile. Ultimately, a rule that punishes students for being perceived as intimidating by one of their classmates can only spell disaster for student relations and for a system that aims to protect student rights...
...prevailing bias against the notion of Neanderthal ancestors, Boule concluded that a Neanderthal had prehensile feet, could not fully extend his legs, and thrust his head awkwardly forward because his spine prevented him from standing upright. In his scientific papers, Boule described the "brutish appearance of this muscular and clumsy body." This almost simian image persisted largely unchallenged for decades. Indeed, vestiges of it remain today in such manifestations as textbook illustrations, the Alley Oop cartoon strip, and in the pejorative use of "Neanderthal...
What worked for the candidate is doing even better for the President. The muscular, get-tough themes that have become a staple of Clinton's rhetoric have won the public's blessing. Last week, for the first time, the majority of people surveyed in two national polls said Democrats are better able than Republicans to "handle crime problems...
Rapper Hammer is back with a new image and a new album, The Funky Headhunter. Chucking Las Vegas-style productions, he's into baggy jeans and a muscular street sound, hoping to hop on the gangsta-rap bandwagon...