Word: defection
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...this year is bringing the Cubans to town, hoping perhaps that the game could prove to be an entry point into the Cuban talent pool, which by some estimates contains as many as 75 Major League-caliber players. Currently, Cuban stars can't play in the U.S. unless they defect (and agents will no doubt be circling around the Yards like sharks tonight to encourage that); players hope to convince Castro to allow them to play as long as they continue to live (and pay taxes) in Cuba. But before that, there's the game, and what could...
...DEFECT DATA Reassuring news from one of the first major studies to look at kids born to moms with birth defects: on average, women with physical abnormalities deliver normal babies 96% of the time. That's about the same rate as moms without birth defects. Exception: mothers with a cleft palate are two times as likely to transmit the condition to their offspring...
...trial lawyers, backed by consumer groups and the U.S. Justice Department, retort that the proposed limits on Y2K lawsuits would stack the deck against people who have legitimate claims. According to the proposed rules, a company that makes "reasonable efforts" to fix a defect could get out of paying for the harm it causes--no matter how serious the mistake or the injuries that result. And it would cap punitive damages at as little as $250,000, no matter how culpable the company...
Others engage in a strange activity called "playing." I'm having second thoughts about my decision to defect...
Gusella will be given $100,000 and a crystal award for his work in the fields of genetics and neuroscience, which includes describing the process by which a genetic defect leads to certain disorders, including Huntington's disease. The money will be used to support his future research...