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...know the fans of the Blue Jays. I am one of the many in existence, all across Canada. Greene grew up as a Baltimore Orioles fan. Is there a slight chance she could be bitter about the O's collapse at the end of the 1992 season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: America's Baseball Ignorance | 11/10/1992 | See Source »

Other problems abound. When electrocardiograms (EKGs) are used to test for heart disease, women more often show some abnormalities. Consequently, many doctors are apt to ignore a slight irregularity in women's EKGs, explains Dr. Gerald Pohost, "unless it is crystal clear the woman has heart disease." Pohost, director of the division of cardiovascular disease at the University of Alabama Medical Center, thinks that the high rate of EKG errors may result partly from the placement of electrodes on a woman's chest -- more difficult to do because of the female anatomy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Biggest Killer of Women: Heart Attack | 11/9/1992 | See Source »

...rise in inventories, which could translate as a pile-up of unsold goods. Other figures gave a highly mixed picture: personal income and consumer spending up, durable-goods orders and consumer confidence down. Even mixed news is a relief from the stagnation limned by earlier figures. Politically, whatever slight improvement may be seen comes so late as to be almost irrelevant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Mixed, Too Late | 11/9/1992 | See Source »

Part of the problem is her physical presence on the stage. Instead of the "tall, slender, beautiful woman with long red hair hanging straight down her back" Amiri Baraka describes, Cohen is slight and much shorter than McNeal...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dutchman Hysterically Unsubtle | 11/5/1992 | See Source »

...admire Mr. Smith. In some ways, I'm fighting the same kinds of interests he was," says Takano, whose polling indicates he holds a slight lead over his real estate developer opponent going into tomorrow's election. "I think people are tired of attorneys and big downtown business interests running the government...

Author: By Joe Mathews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE RETURN OF MR. SMITH | 11/3/1992 | See Source »

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