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...Tigers stand at just .500 on the year, but have fallen to strong teams such as Syracuse, UNLV and Xavier. Princeton does boast wins over Rutgers and College of Charles ton and looks to once again be a solid contender for the league crown...

Author: By Richard A. Perez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mediocrity Abounds as Ivy M. Hoops Begin | 1/21/2000 | See Source »

...Bears also boast a new coach, ex-UConn assistant Glen Miller. Miller runs a tight ship and emphasizes speed and conditioning. It's no surprise then that Brown runs a fast motion offense and aggressive perimeter defense. Its starters are young and small, and the team often plays without a true center in the middle...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, | Title: M. Hoops Takes on Perennial Ivy Cellar-Dwellers This Weekend | 1/14/2000 | See Source »

...expect that the latest word on abortions - a Centers for Disease Control report that they're at a 20-year low - would be cause for smiles on both sides of the issue. After all, pro-lifers get, to an extent, what they want - fewer abortions - while pro-choicers can boast that choice isn't necessarily the equivalent of abortion and that other aspects of women's control over their bodies, such as contraception, are being better managed. Yet anti-abortionists are up in arms at a portion of the report detailing the rise in drug-induced abortions, a procedure they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Abortions Drop, but the Argument Rages On | 1/7/2000 | See Source »

...NUBIANS Princesses Nubiennes (Omtown). Helene and Celia Faussart, singing sisters from Bordeaux, France, boast a global sound: they take African rhythms and American soul and top them off with a cool, seductive delivery that's distinctively French. A magical musical package tour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Best Music Of 1999 | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...been anyone else who stood up to Private Calvin Glover about his outrageous, macho bragging that summer night, things might have turned out differently. But it may have been just too humiliating to be challenged by Private First Class Barry Winchell, of all people. Glover was in full boast on the eve of July Fourth as he and his fellow soldiers drank beer around the concrete picnic table outside their barracks at Fort Campbell, Ky. "He would say he was on 'smack' since he was 10," Private First Class Nikita Sanarov said, "and had been on probation since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Do People Have To Push Me Like That? | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

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