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TRAVEL AND ENTERTAINMENT Walt Disney theme-park managers say they haven't made specific changes to accommodate fat customers, but company staff members say they are now trained to deal sensitively with the obese. As a result, the company has won kudos at the many websites where overweight activists share their experiences and advice. When a customer approaches a turnstile that is obviously too small, Disney employees move quietly to open wheelchair gates. They discreetly pass out seat-belt extenders on some rides and steer large folk away from others, like Indiana Jones, that might prove dangerous to them...
...commute--which takes two hours each way, by car or by plane--but it makes the trip something to look forward to, rather than the mind-numbing experience it used to be. Flying is special in ways that go far beyond the shallow "I always dreamed about flying" theme. Flying builds character and self-confidence in areas completely independent of the cockpit. If you fly, you probably know what I'm talking about; you really wouldn't understand until you get up there by yourself and fly from Point A to Point B with a purpose. BOB AXSOM Laguna Hills...
...power of the mind to heal the body is the theme of this year's annual double issue on health. We like to think that illuminating the most important advances in science and medicine is one of the things TIME does best, and these annual special issues have become a showcase for our prizewinning science staff. They are also an opportunity to tap the expertise of outside writers we admire. In this issue: Dr. Andrew Weil, writing about alternative treatments for anxiety, depression and other disorders; M.I.T. psychology professor Steven Pinker on the intricate relationship between genes and behavior...
...both Miss Spider and Nova the robot. On the other hand, the territory they're entering is not unpopulated. Rolie Polie Olie, a geometric tyke who lives on a robotic planet and who, like Nova, is a computer-generated image, is already on the Disney Channel, and his catchy theme song is lodged in the junior set's hearts. (Callaway doesn't see it as a threat, in part because Miss Spider's eyes are bigger: "That's the lesson Walt Disney taught us--big eyes...
...brings the mixed blessing of a new readership. "The disadvantage of being a Chinese author in America is that you are (in) a minority," she says. "People in general don't care about China. Publishers aren't sure if they can make money on a book with a Chinese theme. We'll be lucky to have a best-seller about China in America every three years...