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...While concussions may be no more common than in the past, there is now a heightened awareness among team doctors, coaches and players (and their agents) that the injuries are often more serious than they seem. Says San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young, who has had his bell rung several times: "People are realizing that nowadays, with players' size and velocity, the physics of some of the hits are taking a toll on people's heads." Medical experts warn that scientific knowledge of the long-term effects of even minor blows to the brain is sparse. Increasingly concerned, N.F.L. commissioner...
...Dartmouth is another rung in the ladder toward the Eastern Championships", Naber said...
Advocates for the Single-Faculty-Dean model point that the Two-Dean model forces an artificial separation of student life issues and academic issues. What this position fails to point out is that this separation occurs in the Single- Faculty-Dean model, but at a lower rung of the bureaucratic ladder. In any event, this separation could potentially enhance the effectiveness of the Dean because he or she would be able to concentrate on issues pertinent to undergraduate life and educational development. The Dean for Undergraduate Education would be able to concentrate on academic issues such as the Core, curricular...
...competition has grown so fierce for two reasons: the pool of potential new customers is shrinking at the same time America's plastic habit is growing. Since 1984, outstanding charges rung up on bank cards have swollen from $53 billion to $239 billion. "At some banks, 50% to 60% of their equity is based on the credit-card business," says industry watchdog McKinley. Analysts say that although no more than 20% of all purchases are currently made with plastic, the possibilities for growth are enormous. Some card vendors have already moved into such traditional cash domains as movie theaters...
These are heady goals for even the most robust of classical labels, but though Virgin Classics may not occupy the uppermost rung in term of financial clout and big-name draws, it has championed several relatively unknown ensembles which can outplay the competition, big label or not. A good example is the Brahms piano quartet cycle recorded by Domus, which outshines Sony's offering with a super-powerhouse lineup of Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma, and Emanuel...