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...shags or on the other side. It's rather fun writing a female spy, because she has so much more kit. Bond never carried a hair dryer or a makeup bag. And he certainly didn't wear an uplift bra. It's amazing what you can put in the booster packs in the underwiring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with Helen Fielding | 6/14/2004 | See Source »

...paint that border the brick wall add a note of whimsy to the sweeping proclamation. The big block font looks like someone took a giant rubber stamp and, while passing by the industrial-sized trashcans one day, decided to label the walls behind them with a self-esteem booster...

Author: By Yingzhen Zhang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Painting a Brighter Community | 5/7/2004 | See Source »

Ending the weekend in a clean sweep could serve as a confidence-booster as Harvard looks forward to Friday’s matchup with the Brown Bears, a contest intensified because the squads share the throne atop the Ivy Division with matching 4-0 records...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Depth Keys Pair of Wins for M. Tennis | 4/19/2004 | See Source »

...would definitely say it was a confidence booster,” Wang said. “It was basically the same lineup as last year, when we did so well...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Cruises, Improves to 4-0 in Ivies | 4/19/2004 | See Source »

...more easily be dispatched. But keep in mind that although a few large epidemiological studies support these claims, others do not. Smaller experiments, like the Brigham and Women's study, only hint at theoretical benefits. Even if tea does turn out to be some kind of general immune-system booster, the effect can't be that strong: there are millions of tea drinkers in China , and yet diseases like sars manage to take hold and spread. Finally, a word about the different types of tea. Green tea has more of the chemically simpler antioxidants called catechins, whereas black tea contains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Steeped In Health | 3/14/2004 | See Source »

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