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...sensible practice of yoga does more than slap a Happy Face on your cerebrum. It can also massage the lymph system, says Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. Lymph is the body's dirty dishwater; a network of lymphatic vessels and storage sacs crisscross over the entire body, in parallel with the blood supply, carrying a fluid composed of infection-fighting white blood cells and the waste products of cellular activity. Exercise in general activates the flow of lymph through the body, speeding up the filtering process; but yoga in particular promotes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power Of Yoga | 4/15/2001 | See Source »

...Washington's slap-down left the South Korean leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, who has made reconciliation with the North the centerpiece of his presidency, high and dry. President Kim had warned that the a tougher line from the U.S. would drive North Korea's leader back into his reclusive and unpredictable shell, and that point appeared to be underscored by Pyongyang's decision to cancel Tuesday's talks. And a fit of diplomatic pique may be the best-case scenario - the South Koreans are concerned that if North Korea perceives a more hostile shift in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Bush Skepticism Is Clouding Koreas' 'Sunshine' Courtship | 3/13/2001 | See Source »

...biggest problem is that I find it hard to stay on program when I'm away from the computer. I've lost a handful of pounds (almost reaching Washington's second term), but those press-event meals are killing me. I want someone to slap my hand when I reach for the chocolate pretzels. Where's Sheri when I need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Wide Waist | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

...America's bombing of the Baghdad radars (a good thing) with easing sanctions on Saddam (a bad thing), it sneered that his aim seems to be to figure out "how the United States can best bow to pressure from the Arab world." Equally bad, he "gave the Israelis a slap in the face" by telling them they should pay the $54 million in taxes owed to the Palestinian Authority. It concluded, "If Mr. Powell was trying to renew a friendship with an old ally through these actions, Israel wasn't impressed. Neither were the Arab countries who saw him speak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colin Powell Reviews His Reviews | 3/1/2001 | See Source »

...share of awards she then sang a brief bit of "Happy Birthday" to mark co-presenters Charlotte Church's 15th birthday. Church responded with a brief aria. Impressed bby Church's performance, co-host David Foster added in his two cent by quipping "I'm gonna go home and slap my 15 year-old. No, that's not true. Yes, it is." Maybe that's why you don't see this stuff on television...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Grammys Postmortem | 2/22/2001 | See Source »

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