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...doctors anymore. Chemical companies like Dow got into the business after Congress passed the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act, which tightened safety standards on thousands of pesticides. The manufacturers responded by unleashing a flurry of small, short-term clinical trials aimed at persuading the Environmental Protection Agency to relax the rules that govern exposure to toxic chemicals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poisoning For Dollars | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

John Leguizamo, he of the acid rants about his family relations, is a dad now. Has diaper duty mellowed him into Cosby Jr.? Relax. He faces a comic's worst nightmare--love and happiness--by taking fatherhood as occasion for a hilarious, moving look at his bumpy love-life past, with a little Latino History 101 thrown in. His riot of voices and song is unsparing of parents, ex-lovers and himself. When he met his live-in girlfriend, he tells us, "My therapist said, 'Congratulations, John! You are now emotionally 12 years old!'" Here's hoping he never grows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexaholix...A Love Story | 4/15/2002 | See Source »

...supplements are scrutinized much more closely than in America, 60 mg to 120 mg of kavalactone (the active ingredient in kava) is considered a reasonable daily dose. When you buy a kava product, be sure to check the kavalactone concentration listed on the label. And above all, try to relax...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Curious Case of Kava | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

...candy helps to relax those she meets with in her office, but she also finds that the hectic schedules many affiliates lead prevent them from making a personal visit...

Author: By Katherine M. Dimengo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cannon Cures UHS’ Ills | 4/5/2002 | See Source »

...rather than producing mounting degrees of tension, each new addition from the bin of recycled cinematic conventions actually results in an air of familiarity, encouraging the audience to sit back and relax in their chairs, not jump out of them. After all, how frightened can one be by a trio of criminals who break into an unexpectedly occupied house after miscalculating the number of days a property is held in escrow before being sold? Even later, when the criminals begin to posture and threaten and wield their guns, their continued bumbling behavior makes them less frightening than the price...

Author: By Emily W. Porter, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No Reason To 'Panic' | 4/5/2002 | See Source »

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