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...burn--who are possibly being misguided by the hype of an alternative to the traditional annual exam. I call it the executive physical: a battery of noninvasive tests using the newest, most powerful and most expensive imaging systems out there--machines that can scan, at incredibly high resolutions, every twist and turn of your body. Here are some of the most popular...
...Conceived by the 50-year-old director, the plot of Hero offers an unexpected twist on a traditional tale set at the violent dawn of the Qin dynasty, circa 220 B.C. China's soon-to-be first Emperor is on the brink of conquering the war-torn land and three of his most passionate opponents (played by Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung and Zhang Ziyi) are trying to assassinate him. The Emperor hires one man (the inimitable Jet Li) to stop them. Love, jealousy, rivalry and a flurry of martial arts vivify this ripping yarn...
...distinct sense that to ski very far with it on your back and then hold it steady enough to hit a four-inch circle at 50 meters is an activity most certainly undertaken by men - oh, and the untold platoons of Nordic Amazons who could twist me into a pretzel. Now that I can handle the thing, and make a decent show of myself as a ski-borne marksman, I realize that my gun has contributed directly to an increase my self-esteem. This makes me love it even more...
These fuzzy snapshots aren't always enough. When they are active, protein molecules may double over or twist into radically different shapes. Understanding their dynamics can be crucial to drug design, and for this, good computer simulations are invaluable. San Diego-based Structural Bioinformatics, for example, generates digital "movies" of how proteins writhe and bend when activated or ensnared by drugs, and identifies the small molecules that would best disable these moving targets...
...almost exactly two years in the future. Rose wrote: "Jack gets great kick out of seeing Ted dance as Ted has great sense of rhythm but he is so big & has such a big derriere it is funny to see him throw himself around--Lots of discussion about 'the Twist'--the new dance which has great vogue at the moment throw your hips around--NO one knew much about it but Jackie at end in a Schiaparelli pink slack suit gave a three-minute performance..." Then Rose observed: "Joe Sr...is not at all himself but quiet...For first time...