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...made his presence felt right from the first possession of the second half, pulling down two offensive rebounds and converting a put-back to extend the Crimson lead to seven...
During his next trip to the bench, he saw the Bulldogs extend that advantage to four, but he returned with 8:21 to play and sank two free throws to cut the Crimson deficit in half...
...talent. "When people ask me why there are not more female designers, I point out that there aren't more female executives in any business," she says. "It's a struggle and a balance to work and be a mother and a wife." That said, she is eager to extend herself even further. "I miss being entrepreneurial," she says. "I think I'll want to once again make something from nothing." --By Michele Orecklin
...hospital within city limits would let you visit a sick partner. That was about it. FORTUNE 500 companies were only beginning to allow partners of gay and lesbian employees to buy into health insurance plans. Most big cities didn't offer their employees such arrangements; in 1993 plans to extend health benefits to same-sex partners of city employees in Atlanta and Seattle caused great public consternation...
VAMPIRE BATS There's a chemical in the saliva of blood-sucking bats that resists clotting and helps keep a victim's blood flowing. The same chemical can be used to dissolve clots, and researchers have developed a synthetic version of the compound that's so effective it can extend the time window for treatment in some patients from three hours to as many as nine...