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...Increase your physical activity--whether it's walking briskly, lifting weights or playing a vigorous game of tennis. Not only will the exertion help you shed some pounds, but it's also more beneficial to the heart and skeletal muscles. Keep your money in your pocket. There are no shortcut pills to a leaner body...
...Over in the corner, Tobias Schenkel is wrestling with the intricacies of an early 19th century pocket watch: on its blue enamel face, two angels strike the hours with tiny hammers. In this age of oscillating quartz crystals and digital technology, Tobias concedes that there's something absurd about his chosen profession. But for this 25-year-old, that's the whole point. "Watchmaking is like an island in the modern era," he explains. "Amid all these new technologies, it's one old technology that's exactly the same today as it was 100 years...
When the Pi Eta board members announced last August that they wished to end the relationship, they promised to reimburse Sigma Chi for any out-of-pocket expenses it derived from the improvements...
...aesthetic desires of their customers--to sport plush carpeting where nursing homes have only linoleum--and still keep costs down. The average nursing home, funded largely by Medicaid, costs nearly $4,000 a month. The average assisted-living facility, where residents typically pay out of their own pocket, costs about $1,800 a month. Disparities in regulation, though, leave seniors vulnerable to huge variations in everything from the quality of food to the number of registered nurses available. Most assisted-living centers do not even have a full-time nurse on staff; nursing homes of comparable size have four...
...Ademi voluntarily surrendered to the International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague to answer charges of crimes against humanity. The general, who arrived wearing his uniform and medals, is the first Croatian to appear before the court. The charges against him relate to a Croatian assault on the Medak pocket in 1993, when Croatian soldiers under his command murdered at least 38 Serbs. He pleaded not guilty. SWITZERLAND Another "No" Having withdrawn from the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions and turned down proposals to curb the trade in small arms, the U.S. further dismayed international opinion by rejecting...