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Though Bush's proposal gives a booster-size lift to NASA, his devotion to the space agency is a recent conversion. He showed no great fascination with the space program while he was Governor of Texas. He never visited the Johnson Space Center even though it was just around the corner, and saw the idea of space exploration through the prism of education, his signature "big idea" back then. But White House aides say that after the Columbia disaster, Bush became intent on reviving NASA, pushing for a concrete, results-oriented plan and dismissing an incremental option that focused merely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Bush's Vision: Any Votes In The Cosmos? | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

...magical routes to arousal. So far, Viagra-type drugs haven't worked for them. On the contrary, an indifferent partner who suddenly becomes amorous can ruin a relationship. Divorce lawyers talk these days about Viagra affairs and split-ups. Some doctors are prescribing testosterone as a libido booster for so-called low-T women, helping push up testosterone sales some 17 times in the past decade to about $400 million annually. Variously given as a pill combined with estrogen or as a patch, cream or injection, testosterone remains unproven as a sex aid. Meanwhile, it can cause oily skin, unwanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Still Sexy After 60 | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

Avanir’s antibiotic would be more powerful and possibly more effective than the current anthrax vaccines that require booster shots every year to remain potent and that combat only anthrax bacteria. But unlike the Avanir antibiotic, Cantley said he hoped that a drug designed to inhibit anthrax lethal factor would be effectively administrable after contraction of anthrax, thereby lessening the need to inoculate large populations and saving lives in cases of late diagnosis...

Author: By Alan J. Tabak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HMS Researchers Find New Anthrax Treatment | 1/5/2004 | See Source »

...HONG KONG: ELEMIS DAY SPA Slap-bang in the middle of the Central business district, this is a luxurious oasis for business travelers. Regulars swear by the Japanese Salt Booster Facial ($127) as well as the full body massage ($102/55...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Favorite Squeeze | 10/26/2003 | See Source »

...Club, an athletic booster group, will also help sponsor the tailgates, which will be organized in conjunction with various House Committees...

Author: By Ebonie D. Hazle, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Supports Tailgates, Movies | 10/14/2003 | See Source »

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