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Robyn Hallam, 33, was a perfect candidate for the new, streamlined IVF. Unable to conceive naturally with her husband Tim, a grain farmer in Hopetoun, Australia, Robyn tried fertility drugs to no avail. As the couple prepared to undergo traditional IVF, they were offered Trounson's new approach. "We were told that there'd never been a baby born through this procedure," Robyn recalls. "We thought, 'What do we have to lose...
Saturday: Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima visits a shrine to pray for victory -- to no avail. Lions maul his team 11-0. Sunday: Series evened with a 1-0 squeaker, thanks to fine pitching by Hiromi Makihara. Tuesday: Giants win in freezing weather. Fans guzzle 3,000 bottles of hot sake to keep warm. Wednesday: A 12-inning thriller. Lions win 6-5. Series tied. Thursday: Grand- slam homer by Giants pinch hitter Koichi Ogata, left, helps clinch a 9-3 victory. Saturday: Giants win 3-1 and clinch the Series for the 18th time...
Administrators have tried to discourage the chronologically disadvantaged from attending festivities with a letter aimed at headmasters of nearby prep schools, to little avail. The pen may be mightier then the sword, but it's no match for the promise of free beer...
...soon lobbying to have the project killed. The Chicago team redesigned the study several times to assuage conservative critics, dropping the questions about masturbation and agreeing to curtail the interview once it was clear that a subject was not at high risk of contracting aids. But to no avail. In September 1991 the Senate voted 66 to 34 to cut off funding...
...Crimson could only counter with one--a dandy by sophomore Daphne Clark--through that period of time and struggled madly to strike back in the last third of the game. But such efforts were to no avail...