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...debate over abortion rights comes at a time when the GOP is searching for direction. Several factions have developed, but each is hard to pin down. The "religious right" personified by Pat Robertson must contend with moderates like Weld and Sen. John Chafee (R-R.I.), who in turn lock horns with ultra-conservatives like Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.). With Republicans voting for the Brady Bill and becoming pro-choice, the harsh right-winger seem to be losing ground...
...forbids foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies to sell to Cuba; Dutch and Swedish firms report that they too are being pressured by Washington to stop providing such items as catheters and sutures. A Canadian firm was even barred from selling Cuba a U.S.-made steel pin to repair a broken operating table. Medical journals are included under the embargo...
...dangers of secondhand smoke have been hard to pin down. Now a report says women who live with smokers have a 30% higher risk of lung cancer than those who live in smoke-free homes -- a risk that is still nowhere near that of smokers...
...sort of hard to analyze what happened," Phillips says. "You can't really pin-point one thing--like a lack of defense or a lack of offense, etc. We had problems all over. I think it was mental preparation as much as anything. It was one thing one game and another the next...
First, the level of competition improved considerably. Gone were the Boston Colleges, Wagners and Bridgewater States that constitituted the first half of the team's schedule, and in were such powerhouses as Rutgers, Cornell and Seton Hall. The team's schedule was as bottom-heavy as a 1920's pin-up model...