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...plays the stern Teutonic M.C. Miss Astrid in Manhattan's Va Va Voom Room burlesque show. "But stripping is a man giving money to a woman in exchange for a sexual feeling. The burlesque thing has very little to do with that." Michelle Carr, who founded Los Angeles' Velvet Hammer in 1995, puts it another way: "Go to a strip club, and everyone out of the gate looks exactly the same. What we get is a chance to express ourselves creatively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Stripping Down to the Roots | 5/20/2002 | See Source »

Sophomore Johanna Doyle came in second place in the hammer throw, recording a distance of 56.44 meters...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Track Squads Shine Like It's 1983 | 5/15/2002 | See Source »

...Francisco investment banker, and toiled as a party activist and fundraiser before running for Congress in 1987. Her signature issues--human rights, aids funding, environmental protection--put her as far as any Representative from DeLay, a pro-business Christian conservative from Sugar Land, Texas, whose nickname is "the Hammer" because of his take-no-prisoners approach to politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whipping Up A Fight | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

After three years of slow but steady improvement, Grant exploded onto the national scene last weekend, setting a school and Ivy League record in the hammer throw at the Larry Ellis Invitation at Princeton...

Author: By Michael Kummer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Athlete of the Week: Nicky Grant '02 | 5/8/2002 | See Source »

...this is coming just a few weeks after Grant first set the school record with a toss of 56.88 meters. After falling off from her previous mark the next weekend against New Hampshire, Grant decided to go by herself to Princeton this weekend and just compete in the hammer throw to see if she could improve upon her mark...

Author: By Michael Kummer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Athlete of the Week: Nicky Grant '02 | 5/8/2002 | See Source »

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