Word: upliftment
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Yoga is fine, but if you want spiritual uplift with a little more noise, try beating on some bongos. African and Asian cultures have been practicing community percussion for thousands of years. Now Americans are fast joining "drum circles," informally or through organized centers, to reduce stress, connect with others or just jam. A recent study in the journal Alternative Therapies even found an increase in disease-fighting cells among participants in drum circles...
...look for moral uplift in Boot Camp (Fox, Wednesdays, 9 p.m. E.T.), a military-training Survivor look-alike that prompted a lawsuit from CBS (since swiping hit concepts is unheard-of in the TV business). But while it is derivative and goofy--the screaming "drill instructors" put the "camp" in Boot Camp--it also shows a kind of olive-drab heart. Its major structural difference from Survivor is the most telling: the "recruits" conduct grueling reward challenges, not in teams, but as one unit. It's the most literal example of a widespread reality-show theme: that ordinary folk (including...
...time he used it. "People become outcasts," he says. "Society doesn't want to have anything to do with you." Scholastica Mghallu, 28, a lesbian teacher in Kenya, says she looks forward to the day "when it will no longer be a crime to be gay. We need to uplift each other...
...bras that peek above her sweaters--they're more colorful than a Disney cartoon production number. They also provide the movie's only true uplift...
...lawyers, clerks, her decent boss (Albert Finney) and her faultless boyfriend (Aaron Eckhart) from the righteous perch of her 3-in. heels. And the bras that peek above her sweaters--they're more colorful than a Disney cartoon production number. They also provide the movie's only true uplift...