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...best we can do is stick our finger in the hole," says Terry Bowers, a supervisor with the narcotics division of the department of public safety. "We will never be a match for the drug dealers as long as they have unlimited funds and we have to fight budget wars...
Gorbachev complied -- sort of. On Friday he delivered a finger-wagging, lectern-thumping address that was long on promises, short on specifics. Yes, Gorbachev said, he planned "to get rid of outdated, clearly useless structures" in the government and to bring into it "politicians and experts who are more popular and enjoy the widest support." That sounded like a reference to Yeltsin, but Gorbachev coyly avoided giving any names and offered few details of what changes he really had in mind...
...needed. Around his waist McDonald wears an insulin pump the size of a pager, which infuses the hormone through a slender needle positioned just below his skin. Anticipating meals, McDonald can increase the amount of insulin he receives by dialing in a number. McDonald carries with him a finger pricker and a pocket-size glucose monitoring machine. Eight times a day he checks the level of glucose in his blood and adjusts his insulin pump accordingly...
...SADDAM Hussein's rhetoric becomes more bellicose and President Bush's trigger-finger grows itchier, many Harvard students have come to realize that "war" is more than an abstraction to be debated on op-ed pages. War means that someone will fight and die, and a growing number of Harvard students are troubled by the possibility that "someone" could be them...
Throughout the season, D'Souza showed the toughness that helped to distinguish her as one of the league's top goalies. Two days before the Brown game, D'Souza broke a finger on her stick hand, and could barely grip her stick. Although she was hurt, she posted a shutout in the Crimson...