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...more modern equipment. Working in more salubrious conditions, Dr. Raed Abbas, a private surgeon, was able to diagnose the full extent of the damage to Salah's arm. But the best he could do was repair one artery. It didn't look likely that the arm and hand would regain full function, he said, but it was all he could do. "Your friend," he said, "has already been luckier than anybody else in his position. At this point, all we can do is pray...
...Crimson scored the first two goals of the quarter to regain its three-goal advantage, but the Colonials chipped away in the game’s closing minutes, pulling within one but failing to convert on two opportunities to bring the match even once again...
...songs and doubles as a phone. It can fetch tunes from mobile networks and wireless Internet connections; iPod can't. But the $910 price will probably turn off consumers unless mobile operators subsidize it. IDC analyst Paolo Pescatore wonders if the show was a "last gasp" effort to regain hipness. Nokia lost market share a year ago, but although it's been scratching back lately, growth in the handset sector is skidding. Ollila predicted Nokia will sell 40 million music phones this year, but for Nokia to win the music mantle, it's got to out-cool and underprice Apple...
...equally significant level, the issue was not simply how much should be spent but how it should be spent. Some 34 weapons systems were initially killed, mainly by the House, but the conferees ended up restoring twelve of the major ones. Those that failed to regain funding were mostly "systems" that scarcely deserved the term: 250 forklift trucks (costing $26.3 million) and 1,413 motorcycles ($5.6 million), for example. Ironically, virtually the only concession granted by the Senate was to go along with the desire of the House to spend $100 million more for research on a future weapon...
...accede or propose acceptable modifications. The committee met last week and decided to ask that a three-year limit be put on some of Garrity's open-ended requirements. Overall, the mood in Boston is to give the judge what he wants as he heads for the door, regain control of the schools and then prove that the city can run a desegregated, quality system. John Lawson, commissioner of education for Massachusetts, summed up the feeling of good riddance with the terse comment, "Boston is at a point where it needs to be on its own." --By Ezra Bowen. Reported...