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This is Calista Flockhart the serious actress, not the flighty Ally McBeal, talking. She has appeared in stage readings of Eve Ensler's Necessary Targets, about Bosnian women refugees, and wants to tackle such roles as St. Joan, Miss Julie and Sally Bowles in I Am a Camera, the precursor to Cabaret. The hard part, of course, will be finding the time. Bash is running for just over a month, and the day after it finishes she'll be back in Los Angeles to start shooting the new season of Ally McBeal. "There's an intensity in the live experience...
Androstenedione and creatine often get lumped together in press accounts (like this one) but are two very different compounds. Androstenedione (andro, for short) is an honest-to-goodness steroid and a precursor to testosterone. It is banned by the National Football League and the International Olympic Committee but not by Major League Baseball. Athletes take the supplement in the hope that their body will convert it into testosterone and help them develop bigger muscles during training...
...small way, the AYD-HLU subterfuge was a precursor to the anti-Communist purges that occurred across the nation in later years...
While Gonzalez thinks that the armed forces will eventually confront the issue of "don't ask, don't tell," he sees student discussion as an important precursor to policy change...
While Gonzalez thinks that the armed forces will eventually confront the issue of "don't ask, don't tell," he sees student discussion as an important precursor to policy change...