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...Erin Jockovich, Julia Roberts is an unemployed, single mother who stumbles upon Pacific Gas & Electric's conspiracy to poison the residents of a nearby town. A desperate collegiate football team decides that she is so good at kicking beaurocratic booty that she deserves a shot at kicking field goals as well...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Saved By The Bell: The Envelope, Please | 3/21/2001 | See Source »

...SWEAT Perspire so heavily that you don't dare lift your arm? German researchers have come up with a novel treatment: tiny doses of the botulinum toxin--yes, the same poison that causes botulism--injected directly into the armpits. A dozen or so injections are enough to block the nerves that activate sweat glands, but the treatment works only for those who suffer from truly excessive sweating in a restricted area, such as the armpits or the hands. If you drip sweat from head to toe, better stick with a shower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Feb. 26, 2001 | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...lights went dim, the orchestra played eerie music and Hans and Roiff quizzed Barrymore about past films--including Home Fries and Poison...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hasty Pudding Roasts Drew Barrymore | 2/9/2001 | See Source »

...think that alcohol is fundamentally a poison," A. Nathaniel Chakeres '02 says. " I just don't see why you would want to put a poison in your body...

Author: By Daniel K. Rosenheck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nearly Half of Harvard Students Binge Drink | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

...sense, Knoxville and his cohort are the 21st century answer to '70s and '80s punks, who created a sort of poison-pill culture, adopting antisocial poses that couldn't be appropriated by the mainstream and practicing self-mutilating rites, like safety-pin piercing, too gross or painful for the masses. In Jackass's case, the connection is more than theoretical: Knoxville first made his Taser video for the skateboarding magazine Big Brother--the skate and punk communities have a long, symbiotic relationship--and many of his show's stunts are straight out of skate-punk culture. The big difference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rude Boys | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

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