Word: sweets
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...Thank God! We are being evacuated! We are saved!” I yelled, possibly the first words to escape my mouth in several hours. The thought of helicopters, sirens, and the warmth of a hospital bed surged over me in the form of sweet relief...
...role. There's something unself-consciously brave about the way she pushes her burgeoning belly through the school cafeteria, something very nice about the way her father (J.K. Simmons) and step-mother (Allison Janney) support her without losing their tartness (or their reality) in the process, something authentically sweet about the way her relationship with Paulie keeps believably developing. The screenwriter, Diablo Cody, knows the limits of this story and, better still, the limits of our patience for its sentimental possibilities, and Jason Reitman, the director, is also a cool operator. He's much more a wry observer than...
...from other causes--rises the same 110%. Too few subjects in Ferrie's study fell into this category for her to offer explanations of the findings, but others will undoubtedly investigate how excessive sleep can contribute to health problems. For now, aim for the six-to-eight-hour sweet spot and stay there--without sleeping pills, incidentally, which produce a poorer-quality sleep that's as bad as getting too little. It's a simple solution that may pay off in big ways. [This article contains a chart. Please see hardcopy...
...Class of 1967’s open letter tongue-bathes our president as having “brought a breath of fresh air to the University.” She has, indeed. A breath of fresh, sickly sweet, cotton-candy scented air that’s beginning to turn the dourest place on earth into a lavender plantation. It’s a rainbow-riffic new era—who wants red brick when you can have gingerbread instead...
...Surrounded by towering models of candles and a vast canvas of a moonlit lake, the rink is a surreal spectacle in the midst of Mexico City's grinding traffic, colonial churches, and endless protest marches. To add to the illusion of escape offered by the rink, huge speakers play sweet Spanish ballads as the skaters glide along the white surface...