"I've experienced times so difficult and felt boredom and loneliness to such a degree that it seemed to be a physical thing inside so thick it felt like it was choking me, trying to squeeze the sanity from my mind, the spirit from my soul, and the life from my body, " one New York inmate, William Blake, wrote in an essay posted by SolitaryWatch.com.

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One session every other day, aficionados say, should be enough to remove the kinks from your body and your soul.

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One worry is that, in practice, many workers may still choose to retire at the earliest possible age, requiring further support from the state to keep body and soul together.

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What I prayed was for God to either let me die or to give me one minute of peace from the obsession and sickness that was tearing me apart body and soul.

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Eventually both Smaug and Gollum lose their lives due to their inability to free themselves from their golden shackles, while Bilbo is saved, both body and soul, by the skin of his teeth.

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From the West he acquired an understanding of Greek metaphysics, with its remarkable formulation of body and soul.

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Another piece Tatum played frequently was the romantic standard "Body and Soul" (audio), and this version finds him determined to get away from his usual approaches.

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