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...route to winning the national championship, Miami escaped with a 17-16 win after backup kicker Gerry Thomas shanked it wide right...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tenacious D: Hurricanes Nostalgia | 10/12/2000 | See Source »

...Quakers employed backup quarterback Mike Mitchell in place of starter Gavin Hoffman in the third quarter, and Mitchell responded by leading the Quakers to two touchdowns and making the score appear respectable...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ivy League Football Roundup | 10/11/2000 | See Source »

...lone bright spot for the Tigers (1-3, 1-0) was the exciting play of backup freshman quarterback David Splithoff who came in to relieve starter Jon Blevins after he sprained his ankle near the end of the third quarter...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ivy League Football Roundup | 10/11/2000 | See Source »

...Food and Drug Administration approved the sale of the abortion pill mifepristone--long known as RU 486--it put fewer restrictions on its use than anyone had expected. Virtually any family doctor or ob-gyn can now prescribe the two-drug regimen, provided he or she has some surgical backup arrangement if it fails to end the pregnancy or there are side effects. No more clinics; no more waiting until pregnancy is far enough along for surgical abortion. Just a series of pills taken over a period of days to induce a miscarriage. Advocates hailed it as the greatest breakthrough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pill Arrives | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

Junior center Jason Hove, the backup through the first two games of this season, started this game and had lots of trouble. Senior center John Kadzielski replaced Hove and stabilized the offensive line for the remainder of the game...

Author: By Mackie Dougherty, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Football rolls past Lafayette | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

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