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| September 01, 2008 | Brown, Sarah | COPYRIGHT 2008 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: editor: Sarah Brown

Marina Rust discovers an arm-toning, waist-cinching, thigh-whittling machine that promises miracles in minutes.

Really? A machine that exercises for you?

"I'm serious," said a friend. "It burns fat. Instantly. In 40 minutes I lost almost two inches off my waist. People refuse to believe me. 'If you've lost anything, it's water,' they tell me. I'm beginning to feel like the boy who cried wolf."

A few people thought they knew it. "That machine's been around forever," said a 70-year-old man.

"Is it like those wide jiggly vibrating belts on a thirties cruise ship?" asked a younger friend who's seen ...

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