Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard tried and tried and tried, but the Crimson heavy weight crew could not overcome a strong Yale crew for a win Saturday in the teams' season finale. HARVARD 20:51.98 YALE...
...become clear that although older bodies burn fewer calories than younger ones, they actually require bigger helpings of nutrients. Older bodies absorb nutrients from food less efficiently than younger ones. Aging bodies continue to need not just nutrition but also aerobic exercise to preserve cardiovascular health and weight-bearing exercise to prevent bone loss and build muscle...
...pyramid for older people is slimmer than that for the young, reflecting the need for fewer calories, not fewer nutrients. Because his metabolism is slower, a 50-year-old man requires fewer calories to hold his weight at, say, 170 lbs. than he did when he was 30, even though he continues to exercise at the same pace. Eight glasses of water or other fluids (except alcohol and caffeine) make up the base of the new pyramid. Younger adults need the same amount, but they don't have to be told to drink. Thirst tells them. As people age, though...
Neither product is calorie free: both contain mostly polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats. So if you eat too much, you'll be sure to gain weight, which can raise your cholesterol levels all by itself. Nor will the spreads do you any good if you spend all your waking hours in front of a television or computer screen...
...movie turns persuasively on that point, but it is finally its casual knowingness on everything from Anna's salary to the contractual prohibitions against excessive bodily exposure in her love scenes that gives the picture honest weight. That and the lead performances. There's winning tentativeness in the way Grant makes his way back to life from depression, an irresistible glow to Roberts when she forgets what she has become and is simply a girl who has found her unlikely Mr. Right. They are edgy charmers, and you have to wonder if the happy ending that concludes the picture will...