FEATURES
By Dr. Gabe Mirkin and Dr. Gabe Mirkin,Contributing Writer/United Feature Syndicate | October 20, 1992
When you run, you land on the outside bottom of your foot and roll inward, causing your lower leg to twist inward -- at the same time your kneecap is pulled in the opposite direction. This natural "rolling in" motion is called pronation, and it helps prevent injury by distributing the force of a footstrike throughout your entire leg rather than concentrating that force in your knees, hips and back.Place the outside bottom of your foot on the ground and deliberately roll your foot inward. You can see your lower leg twist inward.
FEATURES
By Elsa Klensch and Elsa Klensch,Los Angeles Times Syndicate | August 10, 1995
Q: I just got a job in the promotion department of a company in the music industry. I'm excited because I'll be working with some of the new young stars.Now the biggest party of the year is coming up and I want a real knockout outfit. I've been told I should wear something that will get me noticed, but although I want to look glamorous I also want to look classy.Can you give me an idea of what is in fashion right now? I don't want to look as if I'm wearing my old prom dress.A: The two most important trends for evening right now are color and shine.
NEWS
December 17, 1990
MEDICAL SCIENCE now concedes that flat feet are not bad for you and may even be good. Which prompts this reminiscence from one of our agents:"Growing up in the Thirties with flat feet was a terrible fate, especially if your dad happened to be a fellow with a perfect arch who was proud of his military academy graduation ring. Early on in life, I had to get accustomed to the fact that I was a born reject, a lad who could never fulfill his father's dreams by gaining entry to the Naval Academy."
NEWS
By Dawn Fallik and Dawn Fallik,SPECIAL TO THE SUN | December 24, 1997
Megan Levin may have flat feet, but she sure keeps on her toes.The 13-year-old Ellicott City native just spent a week performing with the renowned Joffrey Ballet of Chicago in Washington. She's looking forward to the day when touring with such a company might become a way of life.But turning professional probably won't be a big surprise for this dark-haired slip of a girl. She's been dancing since she was 3 years old."I decided to turn serious when I was about 8," says Megan with aplomb, as her parents, Kim and Mark Levin, look on proudly.
NEWS
By FREDERICK N. RASMUSSEN | June 14, 2009
I still think about Saipan because it was the worst one," recalled Samuel A. Culotta, a Baltimore lawyer and frequent Republican candidate, who spent World War II in the Pacific as a Navy corpsman. Culotta, 84, was a veteran of nine island landings that stretched from Makin Atoll to Kwaajalein, Eniwetok, Okinawa and the Philippines. The hellish memories of five days on Saipan in the Mariana Islands are as fresh as they were 65 years ago, Culotta said. He likened the June 15, 1944, invasion, to an almost "forgotten D-Day," with 3,500 Americans killed and thousands wounded.
FEATURES
By Dr. Gabe Mirkin and Dr. Gabe Mirkin,Contributing Writer/United Feature Syndicate | February 16, 1993
A high school football coach can watch students as they walk down the school's corridors and tell which children have the ability to run fast. Those with flat feet, bowed legs and pigeon toes have a built-in advantage.When you run, you land on the outside bottom part of your foot and naturally roll inward. The vast majority of people who are told they have flat feet really have normal arches. But they usually roll inward far more than normal. Their feet only appear to be flat because their arches roll inward so far you can't see their soles touching the ground.