Word: regimens
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...David: I'd always wanted to do these types of things - pieces of magic I could put out not as illusions, but really doing it. Which is really in the tradition of Houdini, who was an escape artist but who was really doing things: training hard, keeping a serious regimen. For the coffin, I read about an Indian fakir who was buried alive for a month. I thought instead of burying myself under dirt, I'd bury myself under water so everybody could see that you're there. I got a coffin in Brooklyn and I started practicing sleeping...
...Much is made of the regimen Kate wants to put her surrogate on. Angie argues that a package of food stamped ?organic? kind of defeats its own purpose if it deprives consumers of the basic allure of food: yumminess. As she opines, ?That crap?s for rich people who hate themselves.? And later: ?I?m not tryin? to be dramatic, but I would rather be shot in the face than eat this food.? Why shouldn?t she stick to her diet of Dr. Pepper, Pringles, TastyKakes, Red Bull and the occasional cigarette? And when threats...
...York. But it was necessity, rather than the body-toning concerns of Western fashionistas, that shaped Krishnamacharya's style: Most of his students were restless young boys, and he found that the best way to focus their attention for purposes of meditation was to put them through a rigorous regimen of strenuous postures, struck in quick succession to minimize mental distraction. Today, the style appeals to Western devotees whose priority is a high-energy workout rather than an inner journey...
...didn’t like it. It was boring,” Levenson said. “You just run around and around on a track, you feel like a hamster on a wheel.” To train for the marathon, many of the runners adhered to a regimen of three or four-hour runs on weekdays, followed by incrementally lengthening “long runs” on weekends. For these runners, training was no chore. “It feels good to work up some sweat, breathe a little heavier. After spending all day with computers, reading...
...stocks (especially in health care and consumer staples) may have shriveled too far. Real estate may have shrunk as a part of your portfolio too, but because most investors are homeowners, they already have a stake in that game. By all means, stick to your dollar-cost-averaging regimen, whereby market volatility actually boosts returns because you automatically buy while prices are down...