The writers, who have been on the job less than two weeks, laugh uneasily.

Although good posture should be natural, you may feel wooden or stiff at first if you've forgotten the sensation of sitting and standing up straight.

We, adults, why are we so rigid when it comes to learning new things?

For hundreds of years the French have ridiculed our food, scoffed at our culture and mocked our stiff upper lip.

China's was still the third-stiffest burden of the 50 places shown in this magazine, better only than France and Belgium.