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...Gripping—or at the very least, attempting to grip—all the other characters in an iron fist is the larger-than-life figure of Madame Rosepettle. Resembling a fashion-forward Wicked Witch of the West in a series of all-black mourning outfits (designed by Heidi Hermiller) in honor of the dead husband whose coffin sits by her bed, she manages to combine the regal and the psychotic eerily well. Palma lends an appropriate volume and edge to her character, often seeming to be on the verge of physically attacking someone, but lacks some...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Oh Dad’ Delivers Wry Wit | 11/4/2007 | See Source »

...activity, and maintaining a healthy body mass index can lead to a substantial decrease in the rate of infertility due to ovulatory disorders. According to Jorge E. Chavarro, co-author of the report and research fellow at HSPH, the specific dietary patterns include taking multivitamins containing folic acid and iron, avoiding trans fats, and choosing fish, eggs, and whole grains over chicken, red meat, and white bread. The researchers conducted the study by surveying a group of 18,000 women struggling with infertility on their lifestyle and diets. Chavarro said that there are many causes of infertility in women, including...

Author: By Natasha S. Whitney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Adjusting Habits Increases Fertility | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...groundwater. Pegasus Gold, the Canadian mine operator, which has since filed for bankruptcy, paid no royalties on the gold it extracted from the area, and now the Ft. Belknap Tribes of Montana, whose reservations adjoin the Little Rockies mining district, says its surface waters are showing unacceptable levels of iron, arsenic, zinc and nickel. "Our biggest fear is that the [U.S. Bureau of Land Management] and the state will not have to provide enough money to run ... water-treatment plants after August 2008," says Dean Stiffarm, environmental liaison for the tribes. "There will be only enough funding to run them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Gold Miners Pay | 10/23/2007 | See Source »

Work on the island will be completed later this week when a short, wrought-iron border is put up around the perimeter, said Rebecca Fuentes, community relations manager for public construction in Cambridge. There are no immediate plans to replace the trees, she said...

Author: By Adam R. Gold, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wood Whacked by ’Poon Cut Clean | 10/23/2007 | See Source »

When Dr. Dobson isn’t flogging something fragile and defenseless, evidently he’s one of about twelve American evangelical Christians who didn’t cast off their iron principles like a moth-eaten mattress the moment presidential politics began churning...

Author: By James M. Larkin | Title: For Thirty Pieces of Silver | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

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