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...were all dancers. James Cagney propelled himself through space like a bullet or a bull terrier, his torso a few seconds ahead of his legs; anyone without a dancer's equilibrium would have fallen on his face. Henry Fonda was just the opposite: a triumph of convex geometry, his thin body a question mark that ambled at Stepin Fetchit pace toward a girl or a cause. Katharine Hepburn seemed always on the ascendant, scaling the invisible ramp of her own confidence. But of all the Golden Age Hollywood stars it was Fred Astaire who defined screen movement...
...Football managers looking to the World Cup for clues to the state of their art might want to send away to Darjeeling for a certain (very thin) coaching manual. Because the most obvious lesson to be drawn from the first round of the tournament is that the simplest strategies are the most effective. The surprising success stories?Sweden, Ireland, Denmark?hewed closest to the St. Paul's school of football. They packed their defenses with up to eight large bodies and booted the ball up toward a couple of speedy forwards. It bored spectators to distraction, but delivered the results...
...granite columns. At about the same time, French archaeologist Jean-Yves Empereur, working a concession in Alexandria's eastern harbor, discovered the likely remains of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Critics of Goddio's work say he has stretched himself too thin, dashing from one project to another more out of love for adventure than for the serious discipline of archaeology. But it is hard to argue with his success in opening a window on ancient Egypt that was closed for centuries. So rich are the 8,741 artifacts that Goddio...
...Frisch said the problem affects women who are even just slightly underweight, perhaps aiming to copy the body image of thin models and celebrities...
Frisch said her findings should be a warning for women intent on staying as thin as possible...