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Stone probably had no idea how just how good her foresight was. Her program stands on the brink of what is expected to be an extremely successful season--a season that could mark the beginning of, in Stone's own words, "a Harvard dynasty...
When Oreskovich found two others who shared her feelings, the three women decided to take action. Months of planning and scheduling have indeed paid off for Oreskovich, Jervis and Bunyavanich, whose efforts have put the Crimson Women's Tennis team on the brink of club recognition...
...saying, exactly. But the safe bet is that Greenspan believes U.S. banks are in trouble. Big trouble. Maybe on the brink of a disaster to rival that of the S&L crisis (and subsequent government bailout) of the late 1980s. "The Fed did an internal investigation to see how much exposure the banks had to hedge funds and other high-risk investments," says TIME senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl. "The cut was a clear signal that conditions are more severe than most of us realize...
...Founding Fathers? Clearly the answer is no. The president is not unfit to continue in office while maintaining the safety, security and integrity of the nation. Clinton may be making little progress on his domestic agenda, and global threats persist. But the nation is, without doubt, not on the brink of collapse...
Under this system, though, accidents of geography can create dramatic inequities. A patient who could afford to wait in, say, Dallas might get an organ that could have gone to someone on the brink of death in nearby Fort Worth, Texas. Varying patterns of supply and demand can create tenfold differences in waiting times. According to computer models cited by the government, these inefficiencies cost as many as 300 lives each year. Says John Fung, transplant director at the University of Pittsburgh: "There's no justification to keep the current system...