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...hike: to prevent stroke. According to the Harvard Health Letter, even people who had been sedentary for much of their life had a lower stroke risk soon after they started walking regularly. Speed counts, though. For the fastest walkers, the risk reduction was an impressive 40%. A leisurely stroll does some good, but the study showed that a brisk pace of three m.p.h. or more is the key, even more important than how far you walk...
...Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes wrote in 1962. From my seat on the bus, I can't actually see the sign for the bar, but I recognize the outside from pictures. It turns out there actually was a "girl from Ipanema," Heloisa Eneida Pinto, and she used to stroll "like a samba" past the bar every so often on her way to Ipanema Beach, and her "tall and tan/and young and lovely" looks inspired Jobim and Moraes. Now, with Rock in Rio in town, the guys from Papa Roach could be at the Garota de Ipanema right now, getting...
Rowling has managed to maintain a private life despite the maelstrom of attention and adulation roaring about her. She now has a comfortable house in Edinburgh that she keeps off limits to outsiders. When not traveling, she takes daughter Jessica, 7, to school each morning and is able to stroll and window-shop on Edinburgh's Princes Street almost always unrecognized by fans...
...ideal Christmas morning begins like this: I sleep late and wake to the smell of fresh cinnamon buns baking in the oven. I crawl out of bed, slip into a warm robe and stroll downstairs to sip hot chocolate by the fire. Nibbling on a roll and chatting with my family, I bask in the glow of Christmas lights reflecting off presents piled high under the tree...
...some Tuesday soon, we'll all stroll into spacious well-attended polling places, after a nice breakfast with the family, talking politics, and swipe our voter-ID card and blip in our candidates and press enter, and go home feeling confident our vote's been cast, whistling a happy tune...