Many get almost no exercise while working, as their jobs are desk-based.
One study by the University of British Columbia found that 20 minutes of exercise spurred greater sexual response in the women participants compared with no exercise at all.
And research from Australia on health risks linked to TV viewing suggest too much time sat in front of the box can shorten life expectancy, presumably because viewers who watch a lot of telly do little or no exercise.
Choosing which comets to put into some grand synthesis, and which to leave out, will no doubt exercise astronomical minds over the next few months.
If bank depositors, for instance, are assured that their savings are safe no matter what, they will exercise no care in choosing their bank, and a crucial discipline over the prudence of bank lending is lost.
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British Petroleum for example, states clearly that no executive can exercise options until his shareholding is equivalent to at least five times his annual salary.
One of the reasons there has been trouble for some on Twitter is no other written exercise, especially public, has been more like talking.
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Though this recording is made up of tunes from the time of his military service during the second world war, it is no mere nostalgic exercise, but rather a solo recital of subtle pleasure, humour and quiet profundity.
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Lease issuers argue they own the car in name only, and exercise no more control over how it's driven than a bank that finances a car purchase. (Banks take liens, not titles, for cars.) Most states agree, but a handful of eastern ones--including Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, New York and Rhode Island--don't.
Horrifying as these punishments might be to modern sensibilities, there is no prospect of their exercise in any Western country.
Nashir, the Khanabad governor, who is the scion of a prominent family, said that the rise of the warlords was just the latest in a series of ominous developments in a country where government officials exercise virtually no independent authority.
"No sophisticated investor would exercise and hold, which is why most cases involve midlevel people who work 60 to 80 hours a week and rely on investment advisers, " says Cary Lapidus, a San Francisco lawyer handling 20 such complaints against Wall Street firms.
Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman -- whose office responded to the shooting at the Hermans' home -- said he believes the mother and her two children were in a life-and-death situation and she had no choice but to exercise her constitutional right to self-defense.
Yet by all accounts, dosage is no less relevant to exercise than to any other medical treatment, and for years the endurance-athletics movement has prompted words of caution from none other than Kenneth Cooper, the Dallas physician widely credited with launching the aerobics movement nearly half a century ago.
It can happen if, say, the stock price and the exercise price are so close that the option holder sees no value in paying the commissions to exercise.
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As for the effect of exercise on work productivity, there is no evidence connecting the two and we cannot know if exercise itself helps to enhance work productivity.
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Exercise gurus are no longer touting the endurance workout but instead, advocating the superiority of mini-workouts.
Researchers from the University of Glasgow found that pupils at nursery who took part in exercise classes were no slimmer than other children.
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No previous Israeli-American joint exercise has been conducted with such a high profile.
And of course, make sure to get medical clearance from your doctor before stepping up (no pun intended) your cardiovascular exercise regimen.
Nothing to guide the Secretary of the Treasury about how to exercise this authority, no goal at which his discretionary decisions are aimed.
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In such an environment, it is no doubt galling that the reporting exercise that firms and their auditors are expected to go through is increasingly seen as meaningless and irrelevant.
After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry.
"After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine Ministry, " he added.
"After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths due to an advanced age are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry, " he told the cardinals.
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