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...There's a lot of hype and a lot of lawyers," growls one Asian airline executive. "There are people who might have been genuinely ill and people who see a court case." Airlines insist passengers are primarily responsible for their own health. After all, cramped conditions can lead to stress, and even disruptive and unruly behavior, but no one is blaming the airlines for air rage. "DVT has been around for a long time. It's linked to immobility, not flying," states Patrick Garrett of Cathay Pacific. Says Japan Airline's (JAL) Yoshie Otaka: "Basically it's a matter...
...authoritatively mellow voice of an instructor, gently urging them to solder a union (the literal translation of the Sanskrit word yoga) between mind and body. These Type A strivers want to become Type B seekers, to lose their blues in an asana (pose), to graduate from distress to de-stress. Fifteen million Americans include some form of yoga in their fitness regimen?twice as many as did five years ago; 75% of all U.S. health clubs offer yoga classes. Many in those classes are looking not inward but behind. As supermodel Christy Turlington, a serious practitioner, says, "Some...
...handles stress well," says his old friend Bill Baker. "He's going to have...
Smith, a third-round pick and the 84th selection overall by the Edmonton Oilers, was the second Harvard player picked. After missing the first half of this past season with a stress fracture, Smith established himself as one of the Crimson’s most reliable defensemen, typically teaming up with captain-elect Pete Capouch to form the Crimson’s top penalty-kill unit...
...modern thrill ride gotten too thrilling? Do the new super-speedy, loop-de-loopedy coasters simply exert more stress than the human body is designed to withstand? Maybe, says safety consultant Bill Avery. The question turns out to hinge not so much on velocity as it does on quick changes of direction. "Just because it's bigger and moves at a higher speed doesn't necessarily make it more dangerous," Avery says. "But what's happened is that a lot of the rides have gone to rapid, multi-directional changes on the track, and when you have rapid changes either...