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...Food and Drug Administration has approved the first commercial implantable blood pump to keep patients alive while they await heart transplants. Called the HeartMate implantable pneumatic left-ventricular assist system, the ashtray-sized device boosts the heart's main pumping chamber while the natural heart continues to perform other functions. Only 2,000 donor hearts become available each year, while more than 15,000 people may need transplants...
...threats from Baghdad rose and fell apparentlytoo quickly to have much of an effect on gas at the pump, eventhough crude oilprices climbed slightly higher. Indeed, gasoline prices in the U.S. continue tocome down from their summer highs, according to a nationwide survey. During thepast two weeks, the average price of gas fell a penny, to about $1.21 a gallon.With world oil reserves plentiful -- and barring a major conflagration in thePersian Gulf -- analysts don't expect U.S. consumers to experience pump shockany time soon...
...starters, the results of some exhaustive statistical research. The following are courses offered this year with CUE guide average scores of 2.5 or below for both "workload" and "difficulty." Your fellow students thought they were a breeze in the recent past, so maybe you too can pump up a sagging GPA while maintaining that essential 12 hours of snooze-time per diem...
Space shuttle Endeavour's launch was aborted just 1.9 sec. before liftoff. The problem was an overheated fuel pump in one of the ship's giant rocket engines. It was the fifth mission scrubbed on the launching pad in 64 flights...
...Evert, whose legacy includes killer concentration and the two-fisted backhand. Navratilova's gifts may be even more significant. She elevated serve and volley tactics to a higher level on the women's tour and made it fashionable for women to display muscle tone. Even traditionalist Evert began to pump iron after Martina showed...