Word: hoopes
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Freshman guard Michael Beal was whistled for a deadball technical foul at the 9:39 mark of the second half following a scrum under the hoop after a Sam Winter basket...
With 1:13 remaining in the third overtime, Prasse-Freeman sent the 17th trifecta splashing through the hoop, putting the Crimson up three—finally for good. The shot set a new Harvard team record for three-pointers...
...which combine a frisson of edginess with premises rooted in old-fashioned gender roles. On The Bachelor, one man chooses from a buffet of ladies with ring envy. Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire?--ditto. Meet My Folks re-creates a paternalistic scenario that went out with the Hula Hoop, if not the moat: three young men ask the parents', especially Dad's, permission to court their daughter. Yes, Meet My Folks plans to air some episodes with eligible sons instead of daughters, and on next January's The Bachelorette, a young woman will propose to 1 of 25 prospective...
Ortho-McNeil's Ortho Evra is a squarish adhesive patch that sticks onto the body and lasts a week. Organon's NuvaRing is a clear plastic hoop inserted like a tampon and effective for three weeks. The package includes a clock to remind the user when to remove the ring. "These products are designed for women who don't want to think about contraception on a daily basis," says New York University Medical Center's Dr. Michael Silverstein...
DIED. ARTHUR MELIN, 77, entrepreneurial co-founder of Wham-O, the toy giant that brought baby boomers the Hula Hoop, the Frisbee and the SuperBall; of Alzheimer's disease; in Costa Mesa, Calif. After a friend showed Melin and his partner a rattan hoop popular in Australia, Wham-O introduced a plastic version in 1958. Mania over the Hula Hoop was ferocious but short lived; it cost Wham-O, which at one point made 20,000 a day, $10,000 in losses that year...