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...House passed its version of the bankruptcy bill last year. The Senate enacted its bill in February. Now members of both chambers are meeting in secret to iron out differences and put their finishing touches on what they call the Bankruptcy Reform Act, which has the ostensible goal of curbing abuses...
...island 5. General Bradley 9. Independent counsel who subpoenaed the National Archives and Records Adm. 12. Prison where director of Neshat was taken 13. Minuteman's home, once 14. __ Buttermilk Sky 15. Governor who signed Vermont's civil-unions bill 16. Cable inits. 17. __ soda (sodium carbonate) 18. Iron or Bronze 20. Subject of 9-Across's subpoena 22. Don, named chairman of Bush's campaign 25. He called drug profits out of line 27. Boxing Day mo. 28. Thickening agent in foods 30. Model of honesty 33. Small bills 35. Role for Patti or Madonna 36. James, scoutmaster...
...grunge, who grew up outside Eugene, shoplifted a Kiss T shirt at 12 and landed in reform school. Tonya Harding, troublesome Olympic ice skater who hails from Milwaukie, a Portland suburb, got into a scuffle at age 15 with her half brother, 26, hitting him with a curling iron and a hockey stick. Meanwhile, Shorb has already appeared on Good Morning America and hired Harding's former agent...
Though it's never too late to start, Nelson urges women to begin pumping iron at least by their 30s and 40s, because that's when bones start to thin. Lifting weights for 30 min. two to three times a week can slow or even reverse that bone loss. Don't be worried about bulging muscles; women produce too little testosterone to really bulk...
...IRON IN THE FIRE It's a risk factor that most folks probably never considered: stroke victims with high blood levels of iron may be more prone to subsequent neurological disorders--like weakness and difficulty speaking--than patients with normal levels. Why? Excess iron may promote the formation of cell-destroying free radicals in the brain, according to researchers in Spain. Though it's too early to know for sure, those at high risk for stroke may want to cut back protectively on their iron intake...