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...tapered look,” O’Neill said. “I think it’s a more sophisticated and classic style.” To capture this look, girls often tuck their pants into thin riding boots or rain boots and choose light jackets over thicker coats. “The warm temperatures have allowed me to wear more jackets over thin shirts and I wear a lot of legging which I can just put into my boots easily,” said Megan C. Dempsey ’09, who took a year...
...hypocrisy on the other side of the debate was even thicker. Syria called on the Danish government "to take the necessary measures to punish the culprits," piously arguing that "the dialogue of civilizations is based on mutual respect." Tell that to the Lebanese, whom the Syrians have treated as vassals for the past quarter century. Dalil Boubakeur, the chairman of the state-sponsored French Council for the Muslim Religion, was on the ramparts two years ago arguing for the principles of secularism that undergirds France's 2004 law against the wearing of veils or other religious symbols in schools...
...parts of the brain's cerebral cortex responsible for decision making, attention and memory. Sara Lazar, a research scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital, presented preliminary results last November that showed that the gray matter of 20 men and women who meditated for just 40 minutes a day was thicker than that of people who did not. Unlike in previous studies focusing on Buddhist monks, the subjects were Boston-area workers practicing a Western-style of meditation called mindfulness or insight meditation. "We showed for the first time that you don't have to do it all day for similar results...
...bound to be a bumpy ride. Luckily, there's a new generation of travel gadgets designed to ease your passage in style and comfort. Case in point: the Travel Brush Kit, above, from Michael Marcus Cosmetics ($95). It packs eight sable makeup brushes into a compact just slightly thicker than a passport...
...JOSEPH A. WORRALL, MD, RDMS / FAIRBANKS CLINIC FETAL SCAN: Thicker neck skin can be a sign of Down syndrome...