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...first incident, on Wednesday morning at 7 a.m., John Yasaitis, 55, was struck by an eight-person racing shell. Eyewitnesses told the Boston Globe that the rubber-tipped prow of the boat penetrated his torso, hurling him into the water. According to police, he was bleeding and badly injured...

Author: By Michael A. Mohammed, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Freak Accidents Mark Head of the Charles | 10/22/2002 | See Source »

...canvas retains brush strokes, paint drips and slips of the palette knife as a residue of the artist’s process. In an untitled 1993 composition of brilliant red, black and creamy white rectangles, Ellis leaves his mark behind on the canvas where forms—Eyes? A torso?—seem to emerge from the troweled-on rectangles...

Author: By Angela M. Salvucci, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Self-Exposed | 10/3/2002 | See Source »

...occur when the head strikes the ground during a backward fall and the brain snaps forward. What's more, the vertebrae in Tut's neck were fused--a sign of a musculoskeletal malformation called Klippel-Feil syndrome. People with Klippel-Feil cannot turn their heads without moving the entire torso, an infirmity that's impossible to hide and makes the sufferer highly vulnerable to injury from a fall--or a push. "It was like having a bowling ball on top of a pool cue," says King...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archaeology: Who Killed King Tut? | 9/16/2002 | See Source »

...military formations, chanting and hand clapping. It's an especially good workout for hamstrings and calves. Zumba, popular in South Florida, combines low-impact cardio moves with Latin dances such as salsa, cumbia and samba. The cooldown features tango steps. Zumba gets the heart rate up while tightening the torso and leg muscles. Thanks partly to Shakira, belly dancing is hot again. Classes abound in most major cities, including St. Louis, Mo., and Washington. It strengthens abs, increases flexibility in the lower back and hip joints and is a novel way to show off at parties. For more intensity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Body Issues: Foreign Fitness | 9/16/2002 | See Source »

...with apparent riddles about the ménage à trois in which Ernst and Eluard were engaged with Eluard's beautiful wife Gala. One panel depicts a hand clutching a ball and extending through a window, its fingers twisted into what could be a woman's - Gala's? - torso. The other depicts a row of almost military-looking plants that might represent Ernst and Eluard. "Surrealism never gives you the answer," observes Spies, a former director of the Pompidou Centre in Paris. "The great Surrealist paintings are disturbing forever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surreal Dream Team | 9/10/2002 | See Source »

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