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Choosing a champion gerbil

Christian Malabanan, 5, of Brookline, watched Marshmello , shown by Bedford's Ryan Molloy, 15, in the chewing contest. Christian Malabanan, 5, of Brookline, watched Marshmello , shown by Bedford's Ryan Molloy, 15, in the chewing contest. (PATRICIA McDONNELL/THE BOSTON GLOBE)
By Melissa Beecher
Globe Correspondent / May 24, 2007

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BEDFORD -- Shut away in a back room of the Bedford Plaza last Saturday, Libby Hanna and three other women in white lab coats carefully handled small plastic containers, peering inside from all angles. (Full article: 732 words)

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