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...along the Gunnison, Slate and East rivers, FOR SALE signs are almost as common as cottonwoods. Countywide, 13,000 acres of ranchland have been sold for development in the past two years; of the 75,000 prime acres that remain, 17,500 are for sale. Development's pace is fastest at the northern head of the valley, where the funky ski town of Crested Butte is a money magnet. Opulent homes necklace its ridges, and a million visitors pass through each year. Though still rural, the county has a choice: either it finds a way to shape the sprawl, channeling...
...some respects Redux has been a victim of its own early success. The first new antiobesity medication in more than 20 years, the drug enjoyed one of the fastest launches in pharmaceutical history. Both the FDA and Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, which markets Redux, knew about the possibility of brain damage at high doses. But they also knew people who are morbidly obese--individuals who weigh 30% more than average--face even greater risks that they will die young from heart disease, diabetes or stroke. "We made the decision that the benefits outweigh the risks, at least for the population...
...supposed to be a track triumph, but it ended up a tacky travesty. To prove who was the fastest, after months of sniping, DONOVAN BAILEY, who won the 100-m Olympic gold medal, raced on a 150-m track against MICHAEL JOHNSON, who won the 200-m and 400-m gold medals. Bailey won after Johnson gave up halfway with an injury. But the battle didn't stop there. "He didn't pull up," said Bailey afterward. "He's a coward." Johnson's manager then accused Bailey's team of trying to injure his prize runner. Bailey apologized...
...switches, which sort packets of information as they fly through the ether, are the guts of the Net. If you send E-mail from Tokyo to Buenos Aires, odds are it will pass a Cisco router. With close to 70% market share, Cisco owns the horses of the fastest-growing Pony Express in history...
Dartmouth blew away the competition on the women's side as it took the top three finishes and won the Heps title. Princeton followed close behind and Brown took third. The defending Heps champion, Dartmouth's Maribel Sanchez, was the winner with the fastest Heps time this decade, a scorching...