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...even if the moisture comes from something as toxin-free as distilled water. "There is no science behind these detoxification services," says Dr. Christine Laine, deputy editor of the Annals of Internal Medicine. Says Dr. Bennett Roth, chief of gastroenterology at UCLA: "This is the 2009 version of the snake-oil salesman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detox, Shmeetox | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...Snake (calm, intelligent, lazy, possessive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Chinese Zodiac | 1/25/2009 | See Source »

...Fire (snake, horse, sheep): aggressive, domineering, dynamic in speech and action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Chinese Zodiac | 1/25/2009 | See Source »

...anytime from mid-January to late February. According to legend, the calendar was created by Ta Nao, a minister of Emperor Huang Ti's, and has been used in Asia since 4000 B.C. It is based on 12 temperaments represented by 12 symbolic animals - rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig (the dragon being the well-known favorite). After 12 years, the cycle restarts, matching the length of Jupiter's solar orbit. (Read "China Not So Bullish About the Year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Chinese Zodiac | 1/25/2009 | See Source »

...company Revels, Inc., with this year’s theme inspired by Thomas Hardy’s novels and set in Wessex, England. Playing at Sanders Theatre through Dec. 30, “Revels” includes everything from clogging to caroling to serpent playing (the serpent being a snake shaped, British musical instrument of yore). Though jaunty and lighthearted throughout, the show ultimately asks the audience to question why tradition is so easily forgotten. The show employs the talents of the Mellstock Band, Casterbridge Children, and Village Quire, musical groups that play and dress as musicians would centuries...

Author: By Li S. Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Revels' Indulges Christmas Custom | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

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