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More on Books & Critics from The Atlantic Monthly. More on Pursuits & Retreats from The Atlantic Monthly. Previously in Interviews:
"Ranting Against Cant"
(July 16, 2003)
"When the Earth Flexes Its Muscles"
(July 10, 2003)
"Learning in Public"
(June 12, 2003)
"Addicted to Oil"
(May 29, 2003)
"The Disease of the Modern Era"
(May 20, 2003)
"The Calculus of Terror"
(May 15, 2003)
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Interviews The Pursuit of HappinessCarl Elliott, the author of Better Than Well, talks about amputee wannabes, Extreme Makeover, and the meta-ethics of bioethics .....
arlier this year, the pharmaceutical manufacturer Allergan announced the "Be The True You 2003 Mall Tour," a traveling roadshow of sorts making the rounds of the nation's shopping centers, offering customer testimonials and consultations with doctors about Botox, a wrinkle-smoothing compound derived from botulinum toxin that won FDA approval for use as a cosmetic last year. When it hit the market, Botox was hailed in the media as the newest, strangest thing under the sun, and to the extent that it's not every day that a close cousin of botulism is touted as the latest route to youth and beauty, such fanfare was understandable. But for all its apparent novelty, Botox was only the most recent of a host of innovations promising renewal and redemption via scalpel, needle, or pill.
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