Word: conn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Space-age plastics and other materials have made artificial legs and feet lighter, stronger, more flexible and resilient, and much more comfortable to wear. At least six models of prosthetic feet are available (cost: $500 to $2,000 each). When amputee Jim MacLaren, 25, of New Haven, Conn., participates in triathlons, he wears a different type of artificial leg for the biking and running segments. He swims without a prosthesis...
...weeks ago, Trutt's passion came dangerously close to exploding. Acting on a tip from an informant, police in Norwalk, Conn., arrested Trutt seconds after she placed a powerful pipe bomb studded with roofing nails outside the headquarters of the U.S. Surgical Corp., a firm that animal-rights activists have accused of cruelty to the dogs it uses for medical research and training. On the seat of Trutt's rented Chevy pickup was a remote-controlled detonator from which a battery had been removed to prevent an accidental explosion. A subsequent search of her apartment turned up three more bombs...
January Wed., 4 WPI 7:30 Saturday, 7 at Dartmouth 2:00 Monday, 9 CENTRAL CONN. ST. 7:30 Friday, 13 COLUMBIA 7:30 Saturday, 14 CORNELL 7:30 Tuesday, 31 DARTMOUTH...
December Friday, 2 at Lehigh 7:30 Monday, 5 BRANDEIS 7:30 Wednesday, 7 HOLY CROSS 7:30 Saturday, 10 at Vermont 2:00 Saturday, 17 at American 7:30 Wed., 28 at Conn. Classic (UConn) 9:00 Thursday, 29 at Conn. Classic...
...eight-year survey of 18,571 adults in Los Angeles, Baltimore, St. Louis, New Haven, Conn., and Durham, N.C., showed that 15% have suffered anxiety disorders, such as phobias and panic attacks. More than 8% have experienced major depression. One of every six has been dependent on drugs or alcohol, the most common problem. Says UCLA psychiatrist Marvin Karno, one of the study's researchers: "The frequency of many disorders is higher than anticipated because the majority of people never come in for treatment. They cope. They suffer...