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...Left on her own, Coraline wanders through the huge old house, now divided into several large apartments, to meet the other residents: Mr. Bobinsky (Ian McShane), an eight-foot-tall blue Russian who runs a circus of more-or-less trained mice; and Miss Spink (Jennifer Saunders) and Miss Forcible (Dawn French), a pair of venerable theatrical troupers endlessly recounting their glory days in the music hall. Coraline also meets a boy her age, Whybe Lovet (Robert Bailey Jr.), the grandson of the grande dame who owns the place, and a talking cat (Keith David) with dark secrets he eventually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Chilly World of Coraline | 2/6/2009 | See Source »

...snakes • discovery of enormous 40-foot-long fossils...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul Slansky's Weekly Index of the News | 2/6/2009 | See Source »

...detox, with services ranging from colonics--water-injection enemas that literally flush out your system--to Calgon-take-me-away treatments meant to detach you from financial worries, family, work and other sources of stress. There are also thousands of do-it-yourselfers who swear by those detoxing foot pads, which use tree vinegars, tourmaline and reflexology to allegedly stimulate acupuncture points in the feet. This helps the lymphatic system drain pollutants down to and out of the feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detox, Shmeetox | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...turns out that detoxing does very little de-anything. The brown color on those foot pads? That comes from chemicals in the pads that change color whenever they get wet--even if the moisture comes from something as toxin-free as distilled water. "There is no science behind these detoxification services," says Dr. Christine Laine, deputy editor of the Annals of Internal Medicine. Says Dr. Bennett Roth, chief of gastroenterology at UCLA: "This is the 2009 version of the snake-oil salesman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detox, Shmeetox | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...Amaker said. “They have the physical size and strength up front.”This matchup is especially problematic in light of the injuries plaguing Harvard’s frontcourt. Junior forward Doug Miller, who had started every game during a breakout season, suffered a foot injury last weekend and will miss extended action. This setback comes while junior forward Pat Magnarelli recovers from a shoulder injury and senior forward Evan Harris recuperates from knee surgery.In the meantime, the Crimson will need someone to step up and fill the middle.“We?...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Looks for Ivy Turnaround at Home | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

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