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...Burlesque is not the only stripping-inspired phenomenon to find mainstream acceptance. Since last year Crunch gyms have offered a Cardio Striptease class that features exercises culled from stripper moves; disrobing is optional, but enthusiasts grow bold. "The regulars start to come in high heels or in new underwear," says founder, instructor and former stripper Jeffrey Costa...
...used to find each other at Fenway Park and commiserate about the Red Sox,” Lewis wrote. “While I loved many of his Natural History essays, my personal favorite of his writings was about the disappearance of the .400 hitter—a phenomenon he successfully argued had resulted from the general improvement in the quality of the game of baseball...
...Silicon Valley connection that led Wired magazine to run its geek-syndrome feature last December. The story was basically a bit of armchair theorizing about a social phenomenon known as assortative mating. In university towns and R.-and-D. corridors, it is argued, smart but not particularly well-socialized men today are meeting and marrying women very like themselves, leading to an overload of genes that predispose their children to autism, Asperger's and related disorders...
...child, I was like an animal with no instincts to guide me. I was always observing, trying to work out the best ways to behave, yet I never fit in. When other students swooned over the Beatles, I called their reaction an ISP--interesting sociological phenomenon. I wanted to participate but did not know how. I had a few friends who were interested in the same things I was, such as skiing and riding horses. But friendship always revolved around what I did rather than...
...problem that Schiller's film may solve. And if the right opportunity comes along, don't doubt that Mailer will work with Schiller again. Which one needs the other more is an unsettled question. Maybe it always was. Mailer looks at Schiller: "I was always intrigued by what a phenomenon you were." Schiller beams. The feeling is mutual...