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...Shorten the game length to three innings. hell, it doesn't take a math major to figure out that 12-9 divided by three equals 4-3--from hit-fest into a tight, one-run affair in a matter of minutes...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: The Scoring Glut | 4/25/1994 | See Source »

Kladakis says this will shorten the walk to herbasketball practices at the Malkin Athletic Centerand Briggs Cage...

Author: By Allyson V. Hobbs, | Title: Students Seek House Transfers | 3/23/1994 | See Source »

Rich and Brustein, who has produced on Broadway, have had a long running feud. Rich has been dubbed the "Butcher of Broadway" because of the power of his reviews to shorten show runs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brustein Accused | 2/17/1994 | See Source »

...liver takes eight hours to eliminate alcohol from the bloodstream, but Detoxahol, an experimental drug, may shorten that process to minutes. Compumed Inc., the California medical firm that holds the rights to Detoxahol, hopes to market it as a prescription drug within five years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Report: Dec. 20, 1993 | 12/20/1993 | See Source »

Unfortunately, such evidence is no longer enough to reopen a death-penalty case -- a situation resulting from Supreme Court rulings that attempt to shorten the sometimes interminable appeals process. O'Brien fears that the restrictions may, sooner or later, mean that an innocent man will die because his case was stopped before its full limit of constitutional protections could be tested. He is afraid Lloyd Schlup may be that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Invitation to an Execution | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

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