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...many players prefer to downplay the magnitude of The Game to maintain their ability to execute without nerves playing a factor...

Author: By Robert C. Boutwell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Faces An Old, But Youthful Foe | 11/22/2002 | See Source »

Republican leader Trent Lott will press for the G.O.P. version of a Medicare prescription-drug benefit that would work through private insurers. The drug industry likes it because it is less likely to lead to price controls. Democrats oppose the measure and prefer a government-administered benefit. Drug industry--backed groups like the United Seniors Association spent millions this fall on advertising that benefited G.O.P. candidates. A Republican-sponsored, less expansive version of a patient's bill of rights also has the edge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2002: Bush's Agenda | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

...tomato juice on animals within the year, with human trials to follow. He's also thinking about vaccines for cholera, hepatitis, human papilloma virus and measles. And he's not alone: some four dozen labs around the world are working on their own versions of what Arntzen would prefer to call "plant-derived" vaccines, based on tomatoes, bananas and potatoes. Within a few years, some of the planet's most pernicious killers could be in retreat--and it won't hurt a bit. --By Michael D. Lemonick

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tomato Vaccine | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

Stannard-Friel said students would prefer the council shuttle because it departs from Johnston Gate...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Council To Offer Cheap Holiday Shuttles to New York | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

...Because he's soft." Well, it's true that I prefer peaceful solutions to armed solutions. And so, it seems to me, does your president. I'm not a pacifist. I think that you may have diplomacy that has to be backed by force. You may also need to have inspections which are backed by the authority of the Security Council and a readiness to react. That's important for the effectiveness of inspections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Common Sense' Will Guide Iraq Inspections | 11/14/2002 | See Source »

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