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Contrary to a view held by many pediatricians, pacifiers do not lead to premature weaning from the breast, according to a study of 258 breast-feeding mothers made by researchers at McGill University in Montreal. Previous studies linking pacifier use to weaning before three months led the World Health Organization to strongly discourage their use. The bad news? Babies who sucked on pacifiers fussed as much as those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Aug. 6, 2001 | 8/6/2001 | See Source »

...team would try in vain to match Shewchuk's score, but Canadian goaltender Kim St. Pierre of McGill University would not allow...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Athletes of the Week: Jennifer Botterill `02 and Tammy Shewchuk `01 | 4/10/2001 | See Source »

...Canada owed much of its victory to outstanding goaltender Kim St. Pierre of McGill University, who stopped 33 of 35 U.S. shots, including a clean breakaway from U.S. captain Cammi Granato in the first period...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Botterill, Shewchuk Lead Canada to World Title | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

...prophet intones, "You shall see a cow on top of a cotton bale, and many other startlements." Startlements are indeed in store: a one-eyed, toad-squishing salesman (Goodman); three maidens washing their laundry in a stream. These, and the name of the bombastic schemer Clooney plays--Everett Ulysses McGill--should be sufficient clues to identify the film's source: "Based on The Odyssey by Homer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Twelve Films Of Christmas | 12/25/2000 | See Source »

...prophet intones, "You shall see a cow on top of a cotton bale, and many other startlements." Startlements are indeed in store: a one-eyed, toad-squishing salesman (Goodman); three maidens washing their laundry in a stream. These, and the name of the bombastic schemer Clooney plays - Everett Ulysses McGill - should be sufficient clues to identify the film's source: "based on The Odyssey by Homer." While tout Hollywood purloins comic books for its scenarios, Joel and Ethan Coen raid noble antiquity: not just Homer's fabulous travelog in verse but Preston Sturges' "Sullivan's Travels" (for the movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christmas Movie Preview | 12/15/2000 | See Source »

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