Word: trimly
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...fans, it's not just the music, but the message. "You can listen to it like any pop song, but the lyrics are different, more meaningful," says Falah Hannoun, 25, who attended the Amman concert sporting a trim beard and wire-rim glasses. "You feel closer to God and your religion." Bara Kherigi, Yusuf's childhood friend and lyricist, believes the singer strikes a chord with young Muslims who do not feel represented by the offerings in the mainstream media. "They see singers, male or female, just dancing, living the high life, and that's not them," Kherigi explains...
Studies like this one may eventually enable scientists to get a better handle on the genetic and biological factors that make it easier for some people to stay trim and predispose others to pack on the pounds. The morbidly obese will probably never get the kind of attention that is lavished on the slightly overweight. But someday they may have more effective tools to treat the complications that stem from their obesity--and, better still, to prevent them from becoming obese in the first place...
...Kerry by 18 points in 2004. But he knows he's in a very difficult race, and the g.o.p.'s first campaign ad of the general election went straight to the heart of Tester's candidacy: his haircut. It features a barber who says, "Fella comes in for a trim on his flattop because he's running for U.S. Senate. Guess he didn't want anybody to know he opposes a gay-marriage ban. Thinks flag burning is a right. And supports higher taxes. So I told him, 'You're gonna need a lot more than a haircut to cover...
...skeptical of what they see as a U.S. effort to pressure the new government to make concessions to elements that Shiite leaders see as having been the foot-soldiers of the Saddam regime. Shiite opposition appears to have forced Maliki, in the words of one British newspaper, to "trim the olive branch" being offered to the insurgents...
None of these results is definitive, but it seems clear that however exercise works, its benefits increase if you do more of it. That's obviously true if your goal is to stay trim; exertion is fueled by calorie burning. But plenty of studies have shown it applies to staving off heart disease too, and for years the standard medical advice was to get a minimum of 20 to 30 min. of vigorous, continuous exercise at least three times each week...