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Harvard's lone goal was scored three minutes into the second half off a penalty corner put into play by freshman Becky Gaffney. Gaffney hit the ball out to fellow frosh Ceci Clark, who stopped it dead for Erin O'Brien. O'Brien took a high-lifting shot, scoring in the lower right-hand corner of the cage...
...paid to the greenhouse effect -- the trend toward global warming due to the increase of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere -- some scientists believe that this winter La Nina will bring on a dramatic, though probably temporary, drop in average global temperatures. Says meteorologist and oceanographer James O'Brien of Florida State University: "We are predicting that by next year, average global temperature will retreat to 1950s levels, slowing up planetary warming by 30 to 35 years...
...beryllium metal target. The stupendous collisions of protons slamming into the barrier shattered atomic nuclei, releasing new particles, including neutrinos. The particles then hit a wall of steel that absorbed all but a single beam, which carried billions of neutrinos into a + detector. Studying the debris at 3 o'clock one morning, Lederman found the footprints of a high-energy muon. Not only had the physicists developed a useful tool for exploring matter by means of neutrino streams, but they had also discovered a new animal in what physicists call "the subatomic...
...still win," says a G. O. P. pollster. But as Bush holds on to a commanding lead, the Duke needs a big break -- plus more of the populist passion he showed last week. -- Jesse Jackson is back on the stump for the Democrats -- and for himself. -- Nancy Reagan returns some designer dresses. -- Should the U. S. double the cigarette tax? A campaign Essay on health care...
...Jack O'Brien has preserved his deft, unobtrusive staging of the original production at San Diego's Old Globe Theater, where he is artistic director, and has retained a splendid company: Bruce Davison as the playwright, Holland Taylor as his discontented sister, Keene Curtis as their fussy paterfamilias and Emmy winner Nancy Marchand as the mother. Puffing up her husband, belittling her offspring, getting slowly sozzled with "just a splash" -- a command she never barks the same way twice -- Marchand at first appears silly and superficial. Like the play, she turns out to have surprising depths...