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...Crimson-Lampoon game dates back to at least 1887, when, according to later histories, Crimson teams "trounced the Lampoon severely at irregular intervals...
...some." But the Congressmen didn't see it. "When I signed on," says one, "I thought, 'He's a basketball player. There's got to be a competitor in there.' But he didn't want to get his toga dirty." And when the news about Bradley's irregular heartbeat broke in December, his candidacy suffered another kind of blow. The condition, while not life threatening, underlined Bradley's basic problem. Faced with a robust, aggressive opponent, he appeared to be neither...
McCain approached the irregular soldier. "Sir," he said, "with that enthusiasm and that attire, if they don't listen to you, sir, then they're not worth talking to." The questions from the audience matched its diversity, and the contradictions of McCain were on full view. "That's out-and-out racism," he said in response to a question about Bob Jones University. "I would tell them, 'Get out of the 16th century and into the 20th century.'" That was the moderate, tolerant, swinging John McCain talking. But then on a question about public funding for artists like photographer Robert...
...seriously tilted constructions that are erupting now required a technological leap, namely the emergence of more sophisticated versions of computer-assisted design, CAD, which make it easier to conceive and build the most complex irregular forms. When the billowing Sydney Opera House was under construction four decades ago, it went millions of dollars over budget because of the difficulties in translating Joern Utzon's arching sail forms into a structure that would actually stand up. These days you could practically dash the thing off on your Palm Pilot. Adventurous architects are working with the same software used by aircraft engineers...
...heartburn. Just two years after the FDA required a stronger warning label on the heartburn drug Propulsid, the agency reports that the popular prescription--more than 30 million Rxs have been filled since its introduction in 1993--has been linked to 70 deaths and more than 200 episodes of irregular heartbeat. Patients are advised to use the drug only as a last resort. And before they do, doctors should perform an electrocardiogram to check for ticker trouble...