Word: backups
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Doug Ross) checked out to make movies with Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Lopez. (O.K., that's not so strange.) Now GLORIA REUBEN, who plays ailing physician's assistant Jeanie Boulet, has declared she will be leaving after this season's first few episodes to hit the road as a backup singer and dancer for Tina Turner. Reuben, whose character usually ministers to patients with failing pulses, says she relishes the idea of playing before a live audience. "My entire reason for getting into the business was to make a mark in music," Reuben claims. "ER was a valuable, profitable sidetrack...
TURNING UP THE JUICE Tired of notebook batteries that fizzle after just a few hours? Electrofuel of Toronto electrofuel.com has developed the first 15-hr. backup battery. Called the PowerPad 160, it weighs only 2 lbs. and is just three-eighths of an inch. Made of a patented material, Lithium Ion Super Polymer, the PowerPad ($499) lies flat beneath your computer and plugs into the power port...
...would have to say that my training partners, [backup goalkeepers] Jennifer Burney '99 and Meredith Bagley '99, made soccer what it was for me last year," Browning said. "Our team had a lot of talent, but unfortunately it didn't convert to winning games. But overall, I have wonderful memories of my years with Harvard soccer. That team is a great team and I had fabulous defenders...
Wilford patiently bided his time as Linden's backup before getting serious playing time last year. He ended the year having completed 23-of-50 passes for 218 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions. His numbers weren't that impressive, but the throws he was able to make definitely were...
Kauppila joins this unit as a career backup who finally gets his chance to start. His years on the team also burden him with some leadership responsibilities as he adjusts to the full-time job. At least he has been witness to the wars, and from all accounts is not afraid to assert his seniority...