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ON at, = MIRACLE ENERGY 4 oy ech YOU DESERVE MINERAL 2:5 Ras ill 740 ways & | to say ollteize ects: HAPPY $2.49 il 3/22/10 | | EASTER! Body-language experts reveal what Kate Hudson, 30 Locking the thumb around the front of another's hand, as Kate is doing, is a very controlling gesture, says body- language pro Patti Wood. And making the thumb flush, with the other fingers, as Anne is doing, reveals a more submissive attitude. “Think of it ike a thumbs-up sign— in body language, thumbs tend to go up when mood is positive and down dloser to the fingers when it’s negative” Ellen Page, 23. When a woman cradles another's hand and pulls it into her stomach, as Drew does to Ellen, she is asserting owner- ship, says Wood. “It literally looks like Drew is flexing her muscle!” she adds. But when a person pinches her thumb over her friend’s, as Ellen does, it denotes a power struggle. “They like each other, but they both want to be on top.” ee. The person with the “upper hand’ in this case Fergie, usu- ally cals the shots, says Driver. “And pulling someone's hand flat so her palm faces up, as Fergie is doing to Ashlee, forces her into a submissive position called ‘the beggar’s pose)” she notes. But Wood adds that showing tension in the forearm and bicep, as Ashlee is doing, signals an attempt to balance the power: “She isn’t resigned to being passive.”

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