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...NAME OF the game is changing faster than you can say "ahhh," and no mean tongue depressor is going to hold back the course of history. Every facet of the medical world is undergoing rapid transformation. And smack in the middle of this revolution and its concomittant crisis is the state of Massachusetts...

Author: By Peter C. Krause, | Title: Practicing Politics | 4/24/1986 | See Source »

...Libyan patrol boats and fired on three other naval "targets" with uncertain results. Designed initially as a surface-to-surface weapon, it scored one of its kills from an A-6 Intruder jet equipped to carry it. The 15-ft. missiles skim the waterline at 600 m.p.h. and smack into the target with a 500-lb. warhead. Powered by a small jet engine, the Harpoon has a range of some 50 miles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High-Tech Firepower | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

Although for budgetary reasons it opted in 1981 against launching a Halley's probe of its own, NASA nonetheless remains smack in the middle of the action. The agency plans to dedicate part of two shuttle missions, including the flight that will boost aloft Teacher Sharon Christa McAuliffe, to comet- related experiments. The Solar Max satellite, brought back to life l8 months ago by a shuttle repair crew and now performing its normal duty of monitoring the sun, will examine Halley's off and on for about 60 days. Pioneer 12, in orbit around Venus, will watch Halley's when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Greeting Halley's Comet | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

...Dartmouth quarterback David Gabianelli shouldn't test them. * SECONDARY: Cornerback Steve Briggs was Dartmouth's defensive player of the week against Colgate last Saturday, but he leads a unit that gave up 54 points. The Big Green secondary plays a flexible four-deep. Petite Joe Petite will try to smack heads and cover the run with only moderate success. KICKING GAME: Punter-placekicker Rob Steinberg turned from goat to hero last week with his game-winning field goal. His placekicking and kickoffs have been consistently strong, but his punting has been atrocious in spots. Steinberg needs to improve his punting...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: The Scouting Report | 10/19/1985 | See Source »

While many rock stars who were once heroin addicts have now kicked smack (with an exaggerated sense of self-importance and fanfare) to delve into the pleasures of clean living, none had previously told the story of the vicissitudes of drug-crazed existence quite so blatantly or prolifically as Lou Reed. None wrote a song called "Heroin." None has quit the music business so abruptly, pleading lethal side effects and a litany of near-death experiences...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Sole Rock N Roll Survivor | 10/12/1985 | See Source »

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