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...girl." The little one gives a lusty cry then the nurse or pediatrician quickly assesses the newborn, performs any necessary resuscitation, and then, when all is stable, places the baby on the scale and completes the delivery room chorus by announcing the weight: "7 pounds 6 ounces...
Finger-pointing is not a recognized weight-loss exercise. But you wouldn't know it from the vigor with which they do it in the fashion industry. Particularly when the subject of skinny models comes up. And recently it has come up a lot, what with one malnourished South American model dying when she stepped off the runway, the Madrid fashion shows barring models who are too thin, and the scary walking chopsticks who came down the runway in New York City this month...
...Madrid move, which was to bar from the runway any model who fell below a certain weight, may have been simply a genius marketing exercise. (Hands up, any-one who knew Madrid even had a fashion week.) But it had a ripple effect. Edinburgh, the biggest fashion center in all of ... Scotland, announced it would do the same for its fashion shows. The mayor of Milan, where the shows are this week, said she wouldn't be opposed to having that restriction in her city. No one took her up on it. Ripple effects don't have much...
...Athletic Center, snapping a 14-match Ancient Eight losing streak. On a weekend where the other six Ivy squads continued to face non-league opponents, the Crimson (3-5, 1-0 Ivy) and the Big Green (3-4, 0-1 Ivy) squared off in a contest that carried great weight for both teams. Dartmouth, featuring just one senior and three juniors on its roster—just like Harvard in 2005—set out to prove that it could succeed despite its inexperience. Meanwhile, after watching several close Ancient Eight matches slip out of its grasp last season...
Ascending to the stage brought about no change in his temperament. Crouched over the keyboard, he leaned heavily on his chords, pressing his weight into them as he murmured into the microphone. Later, he would go on to play a near-perfect set, surpassing expectations and revealing a few surprising talents not exhibited on his studio albums, the latest of which, “Post-War,” he is on tour promoting. Still, for a few minutes, in the milky darkness of the classic theatre, he was just another audience member – just a regular...