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Adjaye covered the building in a deep brown paint with a stucco-like surface so tough that the British use it to defend utility boxes from graffiti. It turned the house into a mammoth minimalist sculpture, a formidable box that occupies its corner lot with the weight and density of an anvil. Yet seen at close range, the paint is still translucent enough to disclose the lines where successive stages of new brickwork were added over the years, sedimentary layers of the building's history. "I want you to be able to read the story of the place," Adjaye says...
Genetics can make a difference as well. Those who are most susceptible to gaining weight on high-fat, carbohydrate-rich diets are those who are primed to produce high levels of circulating insulin in the first place. Among them are the inhabitants of the South Pacific island of Nauru, who--thanks to a surfeit of cheap, calorie-dense foods, along with a shift away from jobs requiring physical activity--have the unwelcome distinction of being some of the fattest, most diabetes-prone people on the planet...
...needs to get out. Parental involvement is critical since so much of modern life--streets without sidewalks, housing developments without parks, schools without exercise programs--conspires with TV, computer games, soft-drink machines and fast-food outlets to make it hard for children on their own to avoid gaining weight...
Epps was unafraid to be an outspoken advocate of his policy stances, often throwing his weight behind projects opposed by Lewis and publicly disagreeing with his boss about the nature and aim of Harvard’s undergraduate education. He prided himself on independent thought...
...child will become bosom buddies, but even if both sides have behaved horribly in the past, there is still the possibility for change if one of them wants a different relationship. With a particularly difficult parent, it may mean setting specific boundaries ("If you start commenting on my weight, I'm going to leave"). Or one might need to spend less face-to-face time together. You don't spend a whole day with a parent who drives you nuts; you spend an hour...