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...women's 100 m took both 10.94 sec. and an eternity. Gail Devers and Gwen Torrence of the U.S. and Merlene Ottey of Jamaica all hit the tape together, with Devers winning by a literal nose. But minutes passed before the result was posted, and then silver medalist Ottey filed a protest that was denied an hour later. Devers, who thus becomes the first man or woman since Wyomia Tyus in '64 and '68 to repeat in the 100, was quick to bank her joy with concern for the loved ones of the people injured and killed in the blast...
...same anesthetic dentists use to numb gums may also alleviate MIGRAINE pain. More than half of migraine sufferers who are given lidocaine in the form of nose drops experience headache relief, although for some the pounder returns within an hour...
...Richard Holbrooke is half as good at investment banking as he is at nose-to-nose negotiating, he must be doing very well for his Wall Street firm. After an acrimonious second session--this one 10 hours long--with Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic at an official residence outside Belgrade last week, Holbrooke emerged with an agreement that promises to rescue Bosnia and Herzegovina's national elections, which are scheduled for Sept. 14. The former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State had slipped back into his role as special envoy to the Balkans. His assignment was to sit down with Milosevic...
Even Michael J. Fox, who has weathered special effects well before, seems a little winded in this go-round, relying more than usual on his rolling eyes and patented nose- wipe motion. Sometimes you wish Alex Keaton were back, whining about stocks in "Family Ties" or something. Instead, he spends his time being chased from place to place, meaningfully seeing things no one else...
...course, if ever you get bored of the special effects and Fox turning around in surprise and wiping his nose, there's always a mildly offensive stereotypical character (one of Bannister's ghost friends) or a gross, gratuitous blood-bath thinly hidden by quick camera cutting...