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High heels pitch the body forward, so that walking becomes more like controlled falling and maintaining a healthy heel-to-toe stride is difficult. High heels also point the foot downward, which destabilizes the ankle and prevents it from flexing properly and absorbing the considerable shock--three times our body weight--of walking. Instead, that shock is transferred to the knee and hip joints, a condition that can aggravate arthritis...
...ceremony—which has become an object of cultish delight for audience members—showcases a dizzying sequence of mock tributes and absurd skits, monitored by its mascot Ig: a bespectacled, nearly nude bald man painted silver from head to toe who wandered around carrying a flashlight. The evening also featured genuine Nobel Laureates. Harvard chemistry laureates Dudley R. Herschbach and William N. Lipscomb, as well as physiology or medicine laureate Richard Roberts, presided over the ceremony, leading everything from a can-can dance to a Karaoke rendition of “Can’t Take...
...fall season. "When the network told me I got the part, I didn't know if it was the worst day or best day of my life," she says. But any tentativeness was gone on set. "After just a little rehearsal, we were struck by her ability to go toe to toe with one of the biggest comedy heavyweights on TV," says executive producer Kevin Bright...
...violet. The other day I saw the little darling try to throttle a 6-year-old boy. She threw him down and was about to kick him in the pancreas. I called her name from the kitchen window, and she smiled a cherubic smile and poked him with her toe, just so he'd know what was on her mind. The old man shudders to see this...
...woman dressed head to toe in pink (complete with slippers), a member of Code Pink, a liberal women’s group based in San Francisco that protests against the war in Iraq, interrupted the speech, chanting, “What about the war, Teresa? What about...