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...decision to spurn the Hollywood life in favor of a normal childhood was the right one, but the acting bug was never fully squashed. Mira eventually got a manager at the age of 16 and began auditioning for parts prior to her first year at Harvard. During these early years of her career, the opportunities were less than stellar. “In the middle of college,” says Mira, “I was offered a horror movie which was so salacious and disgusting that I turned it down. The director said, ‘I don?...
...school-newspaper ad urging students to "earn extra money." They called 402-474-PAYS, signed a seven-page consent form and popped a pill loaded with the active ingredient in Raid roach spray. Dow AgroSciences commissioned the trial to vouch for the safety of one of its top-selling bug killers, chlorpyrifos...
...what ever came of Dow's experiments on chlorpyrifos, the killer ingredient used in Raid and hundreds of other bug sprays and lawn-care products? The EPA ended up banning household use of the insecticide, a nerve-gas derivative found to cause brain damage in fetal rats and weakness and vomiting in children. --By Julie Rawe
...Beltway underestimates Al and Tipper's very strong national following." Maybe so, but many big-and not-so-big-name Democrats are discovering that urgent matters demand their presence in states that happen to hold early presidential primaries. Even Gore's running mate seems to have got the bug: last weekend Senator Joe Lieberman's busy schedule in New Hampshire included an "informal street walk," a photo op with fire fighters and a "listening session with seniors." (Lieberman has said he will not run if Gore does, but made it clear that he expects his former running mate to make...
...Beltway underestimates Al and Tipper's very strong national following." Maybe so, but many big-and not-so-big-name Democrats are discovering that urgent matters demand their presence in states that happen to hold early presidential primaries. Even Gore's running mate seems to have got the bug: last weekend Senator Joe Lieberman's busy schedule in New Hampshire included an "informal street walk," a photo op with fire fighters and a "listening session with seniors." (Lieberman has said he will not run if Gore does, but made it clear that he expects his former running mate to make...