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...tourist. But the 70-year-old retired computer salesman from Atlanta wasn't in any shape for sightseeing. Since suffering a massive heart attack in 1990, he'd undergone two bypass surgeries and two dozen angioplasties. By last year, any physical effort brought on chest pains?even taking a shower left him exhausted. After his doctors told him there was nothing more they could do, Grinstead turned to the Internet for ideas. Countless searches and phone calls later, he was on a plane to Thailand in a quest for the Holy Grail of 21st century medicine: stem-cell therapy. Today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Take Heart | 11/12/2005 | See Source »

...Jumanji,” the game seems to have a mind of its own. Zathura promptly hurdles its two protagonists into a literal space adventure. For example, Danny’s space ship lands on a particular tile and a card pops out: “Meteor Shower, Take Evasive Action.” A meteor shower actually does demolish the living room and the two boys are forced to finish the game to get back home. Our two heroes battle Zorgons (reptilian aliens that look like they descended from the “Predator” franchise), a defective...

Author: By Jessica C. Coggins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Zathura | 11/11/2005 | See Source »

Picture this scene and tell me if it turns you on: A cramped, low-ceilinged locker room. Discarded uniforms everywhere. A table of greasy catered food. Steam pouring from a communal shower. Team personnel running in and out. Dusty, sweaty baseball players in various stages of undress who want to do anything but talk to the timid gringa with a tape recorder...

Author: By Lisa Kennelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: There for the Bats and Balls | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

...escaped the ice shower, but couldn’t avoid the verbal deluge. Not only was I a reporter, but I was a girl reporter—the hazing was inevitable. There was the time the rightfielder asked for my phone number, or the time the manager told me I was “nicer to look at” than the regular beat writer...

Author: By Lisa Kennelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: There for the Bats and Balls | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

...first time I walked into the locker room to get a pre-game notebook item, the reaction was comical. Jaws dropped. Hands scrambled for towels. One player strolled out of the shower, saw me, and hopped back in with a yelp that would probably be unprintable if translated here...

Author: By Lisa Kennelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: There for the Bats and Balls | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

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