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Having received the correct diagnosis and treatment, Binckley is now robust, content and at ease. Her headaches and fainting spells are long gone. Her weight, once a wispy 100 lbs. on a 5-ft. 4-in. frame, ranges from 125 lbs. to 135 lbs. The biggest change, however, is that she's free of the tormenting worry about her body and what she eats. "Overall, I am happier and enjoying life like never before," she says. "To use food as a metaphor, life is delicious...
...Stoddart and celebrated war photographer Philip Jones Griffiths. There are no more than 12 to 16 participants at a time, and all are thrown in at the deep end - tasked with producing a professional-quality photo essay by the end of the week. To help them, there are robust discussions, sessions of one-on-one tuition and nightly show-and-tells, during which each day's images are critiqued...
...design lab than on the dealer's lot, like the clunky Insight. "Toyota may have engineers that aren't as smart as Honda's, but they are certainly better at listening to consumers," says Noble. John Mendel, senior vice president for American Honda, notes that there are "robust conversations" between the design and the sales sides but says the emphasis on conservation means that Honda has long anticipated consumer desires. "We were doing fuel efficiency when gas prices were a $1 a gallon," he says. "This is not a change...
...amid record-high stocks and other bits of good news--energy prices easing, inflation ebbing. True, the economy is slowing, but profits are still growing, and long-term interest rates have begun to fall. Meanwhile, history suggests that the longer and steeper a market bust, the longer and more robust the recovery. And the 2000-02 decline was one for the ages: the S&P 500 fell 49%, vs. the bear-market median decline...
Plagued by the worry that our collegiate system is not teaching students in a rigorous fashion, the report’s authors suggest a program of testing to ensure and enforce academic progress, or, in their words, “a robust culture of accountability and transparency throughout higher education.” If this sounds suspiciously like the failed No Child Left Behind Act, it’s because it takes its spirit from the same wrongheaded view of academic quality. Although words like “accountability” and “transparency?...