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Scientists began looking for what we now know as testosterone as early as the 1840s, but research was hampered by pervasive skepticism that such a substance existed. In 1926 scientists finally first documented the existence of a male sex hormone in a bull's testicles, and by 1935 they had chemically synthesized testosterone...
Hathaway started her career in the television series "Get Real" but only began gaining recognition when she took the role of princess-to-be Mia Thermopolis in the 2001 film The Princess Diaries. She subsequently played a supporting role in 2005's critically acclaimed Brokeback Mountain and in 2006's The Devil Wears Prada...
...characters in his films were eloquent, addled, obsessively pursuing a line of romantic rhetoric or analyzing the erotic attraction of a teenager's knee. Applying a wry, professorial tone to the book of love, Rohmer beguiled two generations of art-house denizens. His purchase on their finer fancies began with My Night at Maud's, the 1969 chatfest that swept him into the global spotlight, and ended Jan. 11, with his death in Paris...
...their way to buy it, says Peter Kronschnabl, president of BMW India. In the past, a car would be sent to the home of a prospective buyer, who would decide by the look of it in the driveway whether to purchase it or not. So the company began investing in a larger network of dealerships, opening 18 showrooms around the country to woo potential buyers...
...Britain's inquiry, Campbell said that blame for inadequacies of postwar planning lies partially with the Pentagon, which was "taking a lead on almost every level" and neglecting to look beyond the military campaign until Blair began "rattling cages." Campbell also cast aspersions on some members of Blair's team, describing that cabinet as a "collection of characters of variable competence." But Campbell's fiercest animus was reserved for the British press, whom he holds responsible for stirring up controversy over two dossiers published to strengthen the case for taking action against Saddam. "Evidence" in the second dossier, published...