Word: slow
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Charlene kept resisting putting their daughter on Ritalin. "You don't want your kid to personify the rumors--that the medication makes them dopey or slow," Tim says. "That's the stereotype. All my co-workers and family had opinions that were antimedication." But a year ago, they finally tried it. "It was awesome," says Tim. "It worked great." At least for a while, until they discovered that Ritalin heightened Erin's obsessive-compulsive disorder. "She would turn the lights on and off seven times. She would flush the toilet four times and stop; then three times and stop; then...
...heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis, hip fractures and arthritis." For older people who have done little exercise, Pilates is an excellent way to begin. More than 500 centers have opened around the country, and health clubs and gyms are adding classes in the technique for people who are eager to slow the clock--or even turn it back...
Patt Dorsey, who coordinates youth hunts for Colorado's division of wildlife, is concerned about the vast disconnection between hunters and nonhunters: "People who do not hunt do not have a feeling for what it involves." She claims to see a slow return to "the belief of the very early hunter-gatherers that if one bragged or displayed a killed animal, its spirit would come back and do terrible things...
...finished writing the last paragraph, a sensation like poisoned gas began to wraith around inside my chest--a sick green glow, the lightly radioactive foretaste of something awful. Then a vise beneath my breastbone tightened...and tightened...and tightened, a slow-motion black implosion of the body's core. I had a heart attack. Quite a surprise...
...John's wort and ginseng. For one thing, this is health food, not antihealth food. Since 1990 sales of natural foods and beverages and dietary supplements have grown 20% a year. This year consumers will shell out more than $18 billion for the stuff. Annual growth could slow to 15% or so as big retailers like Wal-Mart introduce private-label brands and force prices down. But that's still solid growth for a consumable product. One sign of Wall Street's interest is a big conference of professional investors and nutritional-supplement companies scheduled for this week...