Word: strengthen
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Campaign organizers have responded by taking a less visible approach to the campaign--temporarily foregoing the public rallies so central to their cause last year to instead strengthen relationships with Harvard unions, faculty and fellow campus groups...
PRODUCT Exercise machine with pulleys and weights that strengthen and increase flexibility through fluid, dancelike moves...
...machine looks like a cross between a postmodern sculpture and a medieval torture rack. There are two parts--a 7-ft. pulley tower with leather straps for hands and feet and a movable bench with two rotating disks attached to its edge. Together they work in synch to stretch, strengthen and increase range of motion. Gyrotonics combines elements of Kundalini yoga, dance and Tai Chi, but it feels closest to synchronized swimming. Instead of linear back-and-forth movements, GXS offers more than a hundred variations, most of them circular and three-dimensional...
Yoga enthusiasts contend that its meditational tools can be particularly helpful to kids with learning or behavioral difficulties. The breathing exercises, for example, are touted as a natural relaxant for children with attention-deficit disorder, and the asanas are used by some instructors to strengthen the muscles of children with Down syndrome. Marlene Mikell, who teaches severely disabled children at a Chicago public school, asserts that yoga improves the self-esteem of her students. "There is no competition, no perfection, just total self-expression," she says. "The children can be an eagle or a mountain or greet the sun." Kemesha...
...opportunity to improve Cambridge's high school must now move forward with certain fundamental principles in place. The five schools must be retained in any redesign plan, and reform measures should include ways to strengthen the small learning communities that these schools create. By breaking larger high schools with thousands of students into smaller segments, administrators allow a core group of common teachers to be more attentive to their students' needs. If the same group of students share the same teachers for the core classes, they will share a common experience that fosters a sense of belonging, rather than being...