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...Swims, tel: (852) 3572 3944. But as Sabina Wong, the charismatic owner of Hong Kong's newest and hippest swimwear boutique, says: "Once you find it, it's yours." Plenty of women have already made themselves at home in the store, which opened a few months ago on a narrow street just a short walk from the city's business district. They're drawn by Wong's plainspoken approach to selling swimming costumes: she'll take you by the hand and give you a frank rundown of what will work for you, one body part at a time...
...continuum from least to most spiritually inclined. Then he went poking around in their genes to see if he could find the DNA responsible for the differences. Spelunking in the human genome is not easy, what with 35,000 genes consisting of 3.2 billion chemical bases. To narrow the field, Hamer confined his work to nine specific genes known to play major roles in the production of monoamines--brain chemicals, including serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine, that regulate such fundamental functions as mood and motor control. It's monoamines that are carefully manipulated by Prozac and other antidepressants. It's also...
...launch an uprising against King James I's Protestant rule. These days, however, it's simply an excuse (not just in Lewes, but also in less flamboyant displays throughout the country) for a boisterous get-together by pyromaniacs of every stripe. From midafternoon, Lewes' train station, pubs and narrow streets are mobbed with tens of thousands of visitors from all over England. The noisy, incandescent spectacle begins at sunset. Remember to dress warmly: there may be a lot of fires burning, but this is an English autumn. For more information visit lewesbonfirecouncil.org.uk...
...best delineates the impact of these substances on artistic ambitions. Of course there are just so many worthy candidates—for instance, anything breathed on by Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett before he tripped off the face of the planet. I’ve chosen to narrow my focus to an album that never quite made it, and a man who was psychologically destroyed in the process, joining Mr. Barrett as poster boys for 60s burnouts. My choice is the Beach Boys’ Smile, Brian Wilson’s long-deferred masterpiece, intended...
...narrow defeat comes just before the Crimson’s showdown with defending Ivy League champion Princeton (5-8, 4-1 Ivy) this Saturday at 12 p.m. in Princeton...