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...Aussies had consoled themselves that the first two losses in the best- of-seven series might have been inconclusive. Shifting winds made the first something of a lottery, and the second was waged in the heavier breezes that Stars & Stripes candidly preferred. But in the third race, just one upwind leg in moderate Kookaburra weather told Murray his fate. Near the dismal end of that afternoon, a rubber speedboat pulled up alongside the Kook captain. " 'You've got a bomb on board,' they said. 'What do you want to do?' Our immediate response was, 'What's the bad news?' Then...
...back an Iranian assault in the southern region, killing an estimated 15,000 Iranians but losing perhaps 5,000 of their own soldiers in the process. This time the Iraqis seemed to be having trouble holding back the invading forces, and the death tolls were believed to be even heavier than in the Christmas fighting...
...recent years, the nine all-male final clubshave faced heavier tax burdens and financialdifficulties. Some clubs, including the Spee Club,located in the block next to the Phoenix, haverented out space to merchants to help generatemore income...
...circumstances accept progesterone, the substance that prepares the uterine lining to receive a fertilized egg. Because the presence of RU 486 blocks the action of progesterone, the uterine lining sloughs off, and the embryo is expelled, as an unfertilized egg is during a normal period. Although bleeding is usually heavier than during menstruation, only a pregnancy test prior to receiving the drug will tell a woman for certain whether she has actually conceived...
Nowhere is the traffic heavier than in Starr County, a remote, Rhode Island- size expanse of gentle hills that flanks the Rio Grande southeast of Laredo. From heavily armed safe houses in tiny riverfront hamlets, smugglers oversee the packaging and shipment of drugs by truck and plane into the U.S. interior...