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...spent the entire day running from dangers that were beyond his control in Saturday's 24-21 home loss to Colgate. The result was bad enough to make some members of the audience sick...
...Also in a supportive group context, Speaking Up in Class (Bureau of Study Council, 5 Linden St.; 495-2581; Tuesday noon to 1:30 p.m., starts October 19) provides learning strategies for women who are sick of remaining silent in the midst of aggressive (male) classmates. Through discussion and exercises, the focus is on increasing self-confidence and managing anxiety in academic settings...
...glad that Handspring finally unveiled its glorious personal digital assistant last week. Now--maybe--I won't have to write about PDAs for a while. I am sick of them, frankly. That type of appliance just doesn't suit me. As a writer, Web browser and unrepentant Quake player, I'm strictly a laptop kind of guy. I demand more screen real estate than you get on a device small enough to fit in your shirt pocket. Also, I don't have enough friends or business associates to necessitate an e-address book...
...having trouble figuring out if their kid's bellyache is really appendicitis. In up to 20% of cases, doctors operate only to find a perfectly healthy appendix. Now a study shows that examining the abdomen with ultrasound or a CAT scan is 94% accurate in diagnosing whether a sick child does or does not require surgery. One drawback: a nonradioactive dye must be administered through the child's rectum before a CAT scan can be performed...
...Campaign finance reform is the best argument for a American third party in years, maybe ever, and it gets to the heart of what the Reform party needs to be to find the voters and constituencies that are sick of the system: issue-driven and intellectually inviting. The debate over reform has advanced beyond Ross Perot's jug-eared, wild-eyed peek under the hood; it has also advanced beyond ? or, rather, never really included ? Buchanan's willful, calculated ignorance of the rules of economic and political success in the modern world. We are up to specifics, up to intra...