"People are returning to traditional colors, " said Nadine Ferber, co-owner of Manhattan's Tenoverten nail salons.

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Ferber, who directs a running-injury clinic, said there has been little research on the topic.

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And oh, the friends who came: writer Edna Ferber, critic Alexander Woollcott, Olivier and Hayes, Katharine Hepburn.

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Whether training on a soft surface like grass actually improves performance is unclear, said Dr. Reed Ferber, a professor of kinesiology at the University of Calgary.

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However, Markus Ferber, representing the centre-right EPP group in parliament, said the proposals should be rejected, arguing "there are better ways to save the world than via tax legislation".

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Ms. Ferber advises testing a few options before committing.

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Berhman, Pearl Buck, Edna Ferber, Maxwell Anderson.

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Only one new musical of substance opened in New York this year: "Giant, " a masterly stage adaptation by Michael John LaChiusa and Sybille Pearson of Edna Ferber's 1952 blockbuster novel, which came to the Public Theater after runs in Arlington, Va.

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