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...workout is not without critics. Miriam Nelson, director of the Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition at Tufts University, says Curves' use of hydraulic resistance rather than actual weights allows users to exercise only when lifting, not when lowering. Heavin concurs but says the resulting reduction in muscle gain is, for Curves' mostly novice clientele, more than offset by greater safety, because most muscle injuries occur during the lowering phase of weight-bearing exercise. He gleaned this fact from Jack Wilmore, professor of physiology at Texas...
Lewis wrote in an e-mail that he hopes his and his committee’s recommendation will carry some weight. But the current group of presidents have themselves taken an active role in policymaking, Lewis wrote...
...centers of prayer and political propaganda, and often depend on financing from foreign countries." Though most Islamic leaders back the initiative, Hamza Piccardo, a prominent Italian convert, is suspicious. "We would be coming from a position of weakness," he said. "There is no unifying voice, and our electoral weight is still not strong enough." That could position Pisanu as arguably the most powerful voice in Italy's Islamic affairs. - By Jeff Israely/Rome A Shaken Country turkey The army fired warning shots to control 1,000 angry demonstrators who clashed with police Thursday in the southeast city of Bingol after...
...better job of filling potholes. This is especially bad because in this case, Yale shows us up so thoroughly. Their Old Campus is criss-crossed by slate walks. True, cars often need access to the Yard, and slate driveways may not be able to handle all that weight. But cars don’t have to drive all over the Yard; there are plenty of ugly asphalt paths that could simply be torn...
...talk a lot, to anyone who will listen. I thus thank The Crimson for inviting me to write this piece and to get other people to talking about what the arts should and could mean at Harvard. Traditionally (and there is a sometimes crushing weight of tradition at this place), Harvard has been a liberal-arts college. The arts and athletics (and even the sciences, I’m told, 150 years ago) were avocational activities, not the proper vocation of a gentleman...