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Can't get no satisfaction. (Blowfish).


A survey by women's apparel manufacturer Wacoal compared female body proportions around the world, and the results were revealing indeed. Among five major cities, the tallest females in the 20-40 age group were found in Paris, where they averaged 164.8 cm. This was followed by New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, with an average height of 163.5 cm, then Shanghai (163.3 cm), Seoul (162.3) and finally Tokyo (158.6). For weight, the Big Apple lived up to its name, with females in the 20-40 age group averaging 68.2 kg. New York was followed by Paris (57.2 kg.), Seoul (54.6), Shanghai (53.4) and Tokyo (51.7). New York also led in bust and hip sizes, averaging 94.0 cm and 98.8 cm, respectively, beating out the other cities by a considerable margin. (Tokyo again placed smallest among the five in both of these categories.) Now comes the clincher clinch·er  
n.
1. One that clinches, as:
a. A nail, screw, or bolt for clinching.

b. A tool for clinching nails, screws, or bolts.

2.
: Are they content with their physiques? Oui, said 57.0 percent of the ladies of Paris, edging out the 49.0 percent of Shanghai's willowy wil·low·y  
adj. wil·low·i·er, wil·low·i·est
1. Planted with or abounding in willows.

2. Resembling a willow tree, especially:
a. Flexible; pliant.

b. Tall, slender, and graceful.
 xiaojie. Only 41.2 percent of New York's gals and 20.8 percent o f Seoul's sisters were happy with their proportions. And Tokyo? Call it modesty Modesty
See also Chastity, Humility.

Bell, Laura

reserved, demure character. [Br. Lit.: Pendennis]

Bianca

gentle, unassuming sister of Kate. [Br. Lit.
, perhaps, but only 9.5 percent of the Yamato nadeshiko expressed satisfaction with the hand nature has dealt them. Overall, Japanese ladies were pretty hard on themselves: The rates of contentment Contentment
Aglaos

poor peasant said by the Delphic oracle to be happier than the king because he was contented. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 15]
 were 24.8 percent for their busts; 7.7 percent for their tummies; 10.4 percent for their waists; 11.3 percent for their hips; 28.9 percent for their legs; 25.7 percent for the size of their faces; and 18.0 percent for posture posture /pos·ture/ (pos´choor) the attitude of the body.pos´tural

pos·ture
n.
1. A position of the body or of body parts.

2.
.
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