"The old excuse was, 'I'd love to exercise or prepare healthy meals, but I can't because I don't have the time, '" says lead researcher Thomas J.

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Gina Kolata looks at the science and history of America's love affair with exercise.

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The parish priest where a boy was stabbed to death a week ago has urged families of those involved to exercise tough love and name the culprits.

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Gates earned the appreciation of his employees by leading an office as casual as a college campus and encouraging free thinking, which allowed him some leeway to exercise tough love when necessary.

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They instilled a love of learning and the confidence to exercise his intellectual muscles.

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I've learned to eat a healthy diet and keep up a moderate exercise routine, take my medication and rely on love and support from my family to get through the tough times.

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For Skurnik, the photography exercise was a way to learn about local history and spend time falling in love with his city.

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His bulky letters reveal his love for and dependence on Pierre to whom he confided endless details about his health, exercise regimes and work, explaining how he would measure the time he took to draw by playing Beethoven symphonies on the gramophone.

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Socializing, getting a bit of exercise and enjoying the outdoors are part of it, too, but the main reason golfers love their game is because it's hard, and they sometimes succeed anyway.

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