Word: martha
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...exercises first became known among athletes for their ability to heal injuries. In the 1950s such dancers as George Balanchine and Martha Graham became devotees. After a brief public boom in the 1970s, the system went back to the ballerinas. But in the past few years the exercise has begun to break through, in large part because of celebrity hype. "I always want to be doing what Madonna is doing," cracks author Jennifer Belle...
...Martha Mengistu, manager of the Harvard Square Christy's, said 7-Eleven will take over the store...
Fundraising in recent years has been goingexceedingly well, according to Martha Ann Fuller,Radcliffe's development director. Radcliffe'scampaign has raised $61.2 million since...
Last week all that changed. In a paper published in the journal Nature, psychologist Martha McClintock of the University of Chicago reported what may be the best evidence yet of human pheromones. In an elegantly straightforward experiment, she was able to speed up and slow down the monthly cycles of a group of women by exposing them to a whiff of sweat from other women. The ovulatory command, she believes, was carried by pheromones...
...that's all the good there is to say about the movie, if one discounts the scene where Martha sits weeping on the kitchen floor looking, as a friend comments, "Like somebody stole her food." The novelty of having a movie whose main characters are women is marred, because the plot is channeled through some late-Bond era fantasy of a planet full of women who all want to serve and protect their men. Schaech's non-essential role in the movie is not a triumph for women everywhere--it's more of a slap in the face. Can women...