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...VAGINA MONOLOGUE: Susanna Kaysen, the bestselling author of "Girl, Interrupted," tells the story of how her vagina began to give her pain rather than pleasure in "The Camera My Mother Gave Me" (Knopf; October 10). PW replies, Who cares? "Thin, disappointing...FORECAST: Already the subject of a NYT piece suggesting this ?autopathography? may become the target of a backlash against such transgressive confessions, Kaysen?s slight memoir will spark some controversy, but don?t expect ?Girl, Interrupted?-level sales." Kirkus is more entertained. "Pithy, funny, adventurous, sexy, and eye-opening...Disguised as plain, brown memoir, a voluptuous exploration of sexuality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Galley Girl: Moon Unit Zappa Edition | 8/16/2001 | See Source »

That doesn't mean you should give up on your stomach muscles. Strong abdominals are good for you. They pull the pelvis up, which helps prevent pain by reducing the sway of the lower back. "Lower-back injury is one of the top problems in the country, and abdominal weakness is a huge contributing factor," says Miriam Nelson, an exercise physiologist at Tufts University in Boston. "We sit all day, and then if we go to the gym, most people focus on the biceps instead of the core muscles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Absolutely Fabulous? | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

...provide skilled medical care (you still need a nursing home for that), are free of many of the safety and sanitary regulations that make nursing homes seem so much like mortuaries. By providing warm, inviting decor and individually tailored care, these centers can take much of the pain out of the awful decision to move a loved one from her home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Better Than A Nursing Home? | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

While Norwood was throwing his support behind the President's plan--which caps pain-and-suffering and punitive damages at a total of $3 million and allows patients to sue in state court but only under more strict federal guidelines--Norwood's allies were throwing their remotes at the TV. "Charlie, how the hell can you do this?" groaned Kennedy when Norwood came back to confront his old gang. Norwood admitted he didn't know the details of the deal he had just made. House G.O.P. leaders rushed the bill to the floor while it was still being written. Democrats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's Big week: How I Earned My Summer Vacation | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

...talented guy, according to testimonials from Cary Grant, Bette Davis and Jackie Gleason. Burt also ranks his oeuvre for quality, with The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing coming in at No. 11. ("Cat Dancing was sorrow and pain," he reveals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

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