Word: caps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first appeared to defuse a dangerous possible confrontation. Thousands of peasants from all over the country, many of them wearing colorful local costumes, had converged on Warsaw to hear the court's decision first hand. They sang and cheered as Walesa, sporting a short-brimmed peasant's cap, entered the gray stone court building to attend the hearing. He got a less enthusiastic reception when he emerged onto the steps five hours later to announce the court's verdict: the farmers were forbidden to form a union, but were invited instead to register as an "association...
Dasher Karen Blount took respectable thirds in both the 55 meter and 200 meter events, and with a win in the two mile relay to cap a perfect day, the trackster crew headed back to Cambridge to enjoy their first real two-day weekend in a very long time...
...Saturday's contest, Crimson swingman Donald Fleming hit a pressure baseline jumper with two minutes left in regulation time to tie the game up at 63-all and cap a five-minute Crimson comeback from a nine-point deficit...
Feminist health clinics, which have spearheaded the revival of cervical caps, say the device has received impressive notices. Iowa City's Emma Goldman Clinic for Women has fitted 700 caps since 1978, and reports that over half the clients using barrier contraceptives select the cervical cap...
...Food and Drug Administration has designated the cap an "investigational device." Beginning this week, caps will be available only to women enrolled in research studies. The agency notes that no major published work on the caps' safety and effectiveness has appeared since 1953. Says Dr. Lillian Yin of the FDA: "We just don't know if there will be a problem with abrasion of the cervix, and we don't know what will be the rate of infection or the long-term problem with tissue erosion." But critics charge that the FDA is being overcautious...