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...stays strong,” said freshman Schuyler Mann, who has caught each of Crockett’s starts this season. “He wasn’t really throwing as hard in the last inning [on Saturday], but when he needs to, he can pump himself up and throw just as hard...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Notebook: Workhorse Crockett Defies Pitch Count | 4/29/2002 | See Source »

...week after the three-year anniversary of the rampage at Columbine High School, a similar horror played out in Germany. A 19-year-old, recently expelled from Johann Gutenberg Gymnasium in Erfurt, returned to the scene of his humiliation armed with a pump-action shotgun and a handgun, killing 17 people, including 14 teachers, two students and a police officer. He then shot and killed himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arms and the Germans | 4/26/2002 | See Source »

...patients, involve some sort of subtle coercion like money or free medicine or fail to warn patients of the very real dangers they face. Some critics argue as well that there are simply too many trials, as pharmaceutical companies looking for a share of the blockbuster drug market pump out copycat medicines that no one really needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Your Own Risk | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

...CIRCULATION In the movie, the crooks pump gas into the room's vents. High-end rooms have a filtration system for biohazardous air and dummy air vents to fool malicious intruders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Need To Panic | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

...saleswoman in the distribution department at the movie studio DreamWorks, Gioconda Mitas, 31, was the first of her work friends to have a baby, three years ago. Once a week, she dresses up and drives from suburban Granada Hills, Calif., to have lunch with three former co-workers and pump them for office dirt. "What I miss most about working is the feeling that I have something that is mine--a desk, an area that belongs only to me... I know I'm important in my son's life, but at DreamWorks I was also valued. I miss that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cost of Starting Families First | 4/15/2002 | See Source »

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