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...everyone is convinced that the situation is so dire. "We're not sure if it's a crisis," says Fran Visco, head of the National Breast Cancer Coalition, "or if it's something generated by the radiologists' trade association." Indeed, Visco believes the reimbursement issue has shifted focus away from other, more important issues in breast cancer, such as expanded funding for research and providing better protection against genetic discrimination...
Harvard also benefitted greatly from the performance of co-captain Fran Volpe (184 lbs.), who shutout his opponents in the first two rounds of competition before succumbing to Tom Tanis of Rutgers. Tanis went on to win the weight class; Volpe, meanwhile, was able to bounce back to claim third place...
...share of the Ivy title was an appropriate ending to a remarkable dual meet season, especially for the core of seniors--co-captains Matt Picarsic and Fran Volpe, Adam Truitt, and David Dinin--who have been instrumental in the program's overwhelming success over the past few years...
...acuity in top form. This song, like the one with Sinatra, was considerably revised - ad-libbed, if you like - from Cole Porter's text. Bing's asides are apt and inspired: when Armstrong sings "Frenchmens all/ Prefer what they call/ Lay jazz hot," Bing apostrophizes a très-français "formidable!" Satch, Trummy Young, Billy Kyle and the rest broil their venerable chops in a sweetly swingin' 12-bar blues. And Bing leads them, a simpatico impresario, with a suave verve. Beneath the famous Crosby savoir-faire, we for once sense the adolescent thrill he must have felt...
...example, Penn head coach Fran Dunphy, whose Quakers had lost for the first time in 25 conference contests, said that the loss to the Crimson "is what life is about. You pick yourself up and if you can handle adversity you've got a chance to handle life; but if you can't then there's a whole lot [of] bigger things in this world you're going to be struggling with...