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...Bright Hockey Center holds about 3,000 people. My guess is that 2,000 of those seats were occupied by Cornell fans. Being in a major city such as Boston, it is normal for graduates from an opposing teams to attend games. But a good number of these fans were students who made the six hour drive to Boston. Why don't Harvard students make the six minute walk across the river...
...only way to win New Hampshire is to go negative, a senior Bush adviser told TIME late last week, "I guess we'll lose New Hampshire. But we aren't going to lose South Carolina. And we aren't going to lose the nomination. Forbes went negative in '96, and look what it got him--the eternal scorn of his own party. Our object is to conduct a campaign that gives us the best shot at winning in November. And if that gives us a little short-term pain, then fine...
...guess what. The Clinton Administration has just such a scheme brewing. Sources tell TIME that Energy Secretary Bill Richardson is quietly but vigorously pushing a proposal that would pour millions of barrels of oil from America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve onto the market in coming weeks. The proposal, which has circulated among a few top Administration officials and could soon be approved by President Clinton, involves offering a "swap" of crude oil from the 580 million-bbl. SPR to private oil companies. They would bid to take the oil now, then make repayment in kind, plus a premium...
...effect of coffee consumption on blood levels of homocysteine, a naturally occurring substance that forms when the body breaks down protein. Elevated levels of homocysteine have long been associated with an increased risk of heart disease. Exactly how this amino acid harms the heart is unclear, but our best guess is that it either makes the blood clot more frequently or damages the lining of blood vessels in the heart. (Genetic defects and vitamin deficiencies have also been shown to cause an elevation in homocysteine...
Nearly 50 years later, "I Like Ike" is still indelibly linked to Eisenhower's presidential campaign. The slogans of today's White House hopefuls are not nearly so distinctive. Try to guess which of the three options is a candidate's campaign slogan, a current movie tag line or a corporate catchphrase...