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Another factor, doctors believe, is that exercise holds down blood pressure. When the heart pumps blood more quickly through the body, vessels dilate--or widen--to accommodate the extra flow. The overall effect is to lower pressure throughout the cardiovascular system. People who get regular exercise have about a 30% lower risk of developing heart-threatening hypertension than people...
...more universal. "I started going to desi nights at London clubs and found that white kids were now welcome," he says. "The beauty of the desi scene is that you don't have to have brown skin to be part of it." The growing acceptance of desi culture may widen Londonstani's audience, but Malkani chafes at comparisons with Monica Ali and Zadie Smith. "They're great writers," he says. "I was just trying to do a coming-of-age novel similar to the ones I read when I was growing up. You know, S.E. Hinton books like Rumble Fish...
...adverse conditions. Both varsity entries sped out to open-water leads before the 1000-meter mark and spent the latter 1000 adding more open water to an already one-sided race. “Once you get through a crew, you want to push harder just to continually widen that margin,” said sophomore varsity four-seat Joe Medioli. “The focus is always on widening the gap—getting open water and sitting is a serious problem because it gives the other crews hope.”Hope, at least for Penn and Navy...
...rights and feelings. And as a Muslim, I was not only hurt but also surprised and disgusted by the cartoons of Muhammad. When the world is on the brink of dividing into two deadly blocs, the Muslims and the West, such cartoons only serve as a catalyst to widen the gap. Even moderate Muslims who are against terrorism can't tolerate any mocking of the Holy Prophet, no matter how the joke is intended. Komal Mehreen Karachi...
...been heard before. With the possible exception of “(Bitch) Stop Calling Me” (which is a very chivalrous follow-up to the nasty “As Freaky As She Wanna Be”) The Boyz do absolutely nothing to expand the vocabulary or widen the horizons of hip-hop in the slightest...