Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Purple Eagles drew first blood early, scoring 48 seconds into the game. Calee positioned a shot off a two-on-one fast break over the blocker of Harvard senior goaltender Crystal Springer...
...often turn to sex to survive and end up catching the virus. A South African study found that 9.5% of pregnant girls under age 15 were HIV-infected. And there is virtually no money to help. A recent UNAIDS study found that the disease is spreading three times as fast as the resources to combat it. And while the children on these pages have needs that can be met with money, most told TIME of a want no money can buy--family...
...over to see what all the commotion was about. My colleague--exhausted and overworked--had misread the label on a bottle of medication and administered a drug that paralyzed a patient, stopping his breathing. Fast thinking and the quick application of an antidote saved the patient's life. But it was a close call...
RETIRING? NOT SO FAST The new year may prompt you to review retirement plans. The Social Security retirement age, set at 65 for many years, will gradually increase until it reaches 67. If you were born in 1938, add two months to your work life. Born in '60? Make it two years. Says Don Blandin, president of the American Savings Education Council: "Americans who had expected to retire at 65 with full benefits will need to adjust their plans to ensure they will not have a shortfall in income...
America's poet of the piano plays 15 of Mendelssohn's Lieder ohne Worte (literally, Songs Without Words), plus eight Bach-Busoni and Schubert-Liszt transcriptions. The hand injury that threatened to sideline Perahia only a few short years ago is now nothing but a fast-fading memory: the poise and lyricism of the exquisite playing heard on this meltingly beautiful CD are worthy of comparison with any of the century's greatest pianists. His tone is warm and inviting, his interpretations quietly romantic. Vladimir Horowitz--who once gave Perahia a few pointers--would have reveled in the results...