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...thank you" said Anna. A chiropractor and an acupuncturist have not helped. Her medical doctor put her on a diet and she did feel good about losing some weight - but the pains continued. She even went to a famous back doctor in the city who told her the problem was actually in her head; not surprisingly, this information also failed to relieve the pain. And so she finally made it to the "most famous orthopedic surgeon" - in my house at dinnertime anyway - trembling with the expectation of my bold new treatment plan and a rapid cure...
...solution? The age-old compromise of taking refuge in the mutual exchange of verbal snarkiness. I pass by her wheelchair now, and what comes out is our particular brand of peacekeeping diplomacy: “Don’t eat too much; you’re gaining weight,” she eyes my waist hawkishly and gleefully pinches my muffin top. “What are you walking around so fast for, eh? Training for a marathon...
...says, "We've papered over our differences over Iraq, more or less. But there's a sense we don't have a common view on a lot of hard problems - not just Iran but Afghanistan and what to do if Russia uses its oil and gas to throw its weight around. There's nothing very solid underneath if something tricky comes...
...even Hatch could halt the industry's dose of bad press, though, over ephedra. The FDA received more than 800 reports of adverse effects from the Chinese weight-loss herb before it proposed limiting doses in 1997. A subsequent study tied 155 deaths to various ephedra products, but uncontrolled sales weren't banned until 2004. Utah company Neutraceutical Corp. is still arguing that lower doses are safe, but in August the firm was overruled by an appeals court...
...cinching their silk frocks. Then at runway shows like Trussardi?s, bright red or yellow python belts were wrapped around and around Grecian-style silk jersey dresses. By the time Gucci designer Frida Giannini opened her 6pm show on a mirrored runway, the appearance of a tight, high-waisted weight-lifting kind of belt was no surprise. A few hours later Rosella Tarabini, the jolly designer of the Anna Molinari label, coincidentally included a few of the men?s style belts in her micro-mini jersey looks. By Thursday morning there was an all out run on belts from...