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...also financed North Country, a feature based on a historic sexual-harassment case, which left no real mark. People weren't interested in the issue, and Theron, even in coveralls, couldn't get them to be. DiCaprio has also mapped the limits of his drawing power. His African thriller Blood Diamond showed the connection between some diamonds and war. It did a not-too-shabby $57 million at the box office, but activists say there are still conflict diamonds in the mix, and diamond sellers have not reported a surge of young engaged couples asking for a diamond's certificate...
...oratory. His style, filled with emotion and alliteration, followed the rolling pace of a Baptist preacher, his former profession. When he talked about Washington politicians, he spoke of "civilians in suits and silk ties." When he mentioned the military, he spoke of "generals with mud and blood on their boots." He railed against the "Washington-to-Wall Street power axis," and said a President is "not elected to the ruling class but to the servant class." He could weave the story of his son cooking a cake with too much salt into a parable about the perils of gay marriage...
...says he and three other soldiers moved to secure the area but saw angry Iraqis shouting "Why, why?" as they ran out of their houses. "We could hear children in the vehicle," he says. "It looked like a scene out of the movie Pulp Fiction. People covered in blood." The soldiers found themselves surrounded by Iraqis and one of the snipers said over the radio he had seen an Iraqi going to get a weapon. This prompted the Australians, in accordance with their orders, to withdraw - making it impossible for them to stay and give medical attention...
...good news is that many of the other health risks associated with hormone therapy -heart disease and blood clotting, for example - did diminish rapidly once the hormones were stopped. Less welcome is the fact that any benefits derived from estrogen and progestin in keeping bones strong also dissipated soon after the women terminated their hormone therapy...
...Healthy Eating Pyramid” devised by nutrition experts at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), alongside white bread, potatoes, soda, and sweets. According to the HSPH site, these items “can cause fast and furious increases in blood sugar that can lead to weight gain, diabetes, heart disease, and other chronic disorders.” Although HSPH experts say that the items at the top of the pyramid should be used “sparingly,” HUDS has actually increased their presence in the dining halls in the face of higher costs. Rather than...