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...Coach Pete Roby's offensive committee has averaged more than 78 points per game so far this year, despite a sub-par shooting percentage. Once the Crimson's key scorers--notably Tri-Captain Mike Gielen, forward Neil Phillips, and Evers--get hot, those point totals may soar...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Looking For Company | 12/9/1987 | See Source »

...Defaults have continued to soar to levels that are intolerable," Bennett said yesterday...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Bennett Threatens Cuts If Govt. Loans Unpaid | 11/5/1987 | See Source »

...progresses, a new phase of the game will begin -- trading. Phones will ring at all hours. Wives will issue ultimatums. Owners traveling in Europe, Asia or northern Canada will search desperately for box scores. The circulation of USA Today, the best day-to-day source of baseball intelligence, will soar. Thousands of man-hours will be expended thinking about baseball, talking about baseball and contemplating baseball. But until tomorrow, when the major leagues start play, things will be quiet. "You've read the book," quips the Tooners' Larry Fine, traded by Reuters from New York to London during...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New York: Big League Fantasies | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

About 20 centers now dot the nation, and experts predict the number will soar into the hundreds by the end of the year. Many are established by hospitals, either in house or as satellites; others are freestanding clinics or parts of entrepreneurial chains. Frequently they are simply overdressed gynecology practices that differ little from the past segmented service. But, says Dr. Linda Lesky of Women's Health Group in Boston, "there is no anatomic reason why women should be divided at the waist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: Total Care at the Ms. Mayo Clinics | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

Although Bailey is good songwriter and student, he falls far short of his idol in vocal dexterity. A hulking man, Bailey can handle the low notes with gruff growl. But when his voice tries to soar and twist like Morrison's, his short-comings are all too evident. Whereas Morrison can take an extremely simple melody and wring out surprises, Bailey can only increase the volume of his bellow...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: All Fools Day | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

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