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Despite his success in Washington, Koop's real calling is medicine. By the time he was five, he knew he wanted to be a doctor like his uncle. At 15, he ! would take the subway on weekends from Brooklyn to Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, pinch a white lab coat, and take a seat in the balcony of the operating room, transfixed for hours by amputations and appendectomies. Back home, while his father was at the office, he would persuade his mother to help her precocious only child round up stray cats and dump them into a sterile trash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Doctor Prescribes Hard Truth: C. EVERETT KOOP | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

...striking out pinch-hitter Gerry Bochese in the top of the ninth, Forman--who had pitched scoreless ball since entering the game in the fifth inning--brought Harvard (4-6-1) one out away from victory...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Batsmen Bow in Ninth, 6-4 | 4/13/1989 | See Source »

Harvard loaded the bases against Crusader pitcher Kevin Ryan with a walk to Rich Renninger and singles by designated hitter Tom Konjoyan and pinch-hitter Pat Sullivan...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Batsmen Bow in Ninth, 6-4 | 4/13/1989 | See Source »

Cardinal fans, for just one day, do not burn Don Denkinger in effigy as they have since 1985. In Toronto, the dartboards with Dane Iorg's image in the center, pierced everyday since the 1985 playoffs when his pinch single shot down the Blue Jays, have...

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: Just One Day of Perfection | 4/4/1989 | See Source »

...plan still faces several bureaucratic hurdles. But the real test will come when Los Angeles' 8 million car lovers begin to feel the pinch. This is, after all, the city synonymous with freeways, drag races and even the drive- through church. As a former resident puts it, "In L.A. the first question is not What do you do? but What do you drive?" Will Angelenos really trade their Ferraris for car pools and their fuel-injected Chevy V-8s for electric roadsters? That remains to be seen. "We're for cleaner air, for damn sure," says Robert Harnar, a public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: A Drastic Plan to Banish Smog | 3/27/1989 | See Source »

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