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...Kuchera's success has been duplicated elsewhere. Several physicians have used DES to prevent pregnancies in rape victims, and Dr. Takey Crist and Cecil Farrington of the University of North Carolina reported last week that they had used an animal estrogen successfully with 94 patients. But neither Dr. Kuchera nor her colleagues see DES as a panacea for unwanted pregnancies. The drug has been linked to cancer of the vagina in the daughters of women who took it for other purposes (TIME, Aug. 2). The Food and Drug Administration has not approved it for general use as a pregnancy...
...Dick Farrington, a teammate throughout Lee's Harvard career, described him earlier this year as "always carrying his books in one hand and his wrestling gear in the other...
...sport fisherman, armed only with rod, reel, and a passion for punishment, it is an altogether different kettle of fish. Swordfishing, wrote Zane Grey, "takes more time, patience, endurance, study, skill, nerve and strength, not to mention money, of any game known to me." And Kip Farrington. who has probably landed more big fish than any man alive, says: "I would rather take one swordfish than five black marlin, ten blue marlin, or 50 white marlin...
...dealers, hoping to avoid a confrontation with authorities, have removed the Fugs records from the racks. "It might have been from something objectionable, from what we gather," says one saleslady at Jordan Marsh in Boston. "Indecent," snaps the Book Clearing House. "Too dangerous,"" explains Vara's in Medford. And Farrington's of Arlington has this solution: "We don't have it in regular stock," says the manager. Lowering his voice, he continues, "But we can get it for you on special order...
Mergers are becoming so common among U.S. railroads that planning and executing them have become necessary talents for rail executives. Looking around for a new boss to fill the post that has been vacant since the death of Chairman J. D. Farrington three years ago, the directors of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad particularly wanted a man who was savvy about mergers. Reason: the Rock Island not only wants to merge with the larger Union Pacific, which last week made a new offer to Rock Island stockholders, but is also fighting off a takeover bid by the Chicago & Northwestern...