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...Woman: Spell it with...
Several women feel that they need to take the syllables "man" and "men" out of their name. Their solution? They spell "woman" w-o-m-y-n, using w-i-m-m-i-n for the plural form...
After 10 games, the bicoastal rivals were the first two N.F.L. teams in more than 50 years to have 10-0 records in the same season, the last pair having been the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears in 1934. The long spell between those streaks is a measure of how evenly matched the N.F.L. has become in the modern era of complex draft picks, free agentry and expansion. But this year the Giants under coach Bill Parcells and the 49ers under George Seifert sprinted away early from their closest pursuers. By early November both had virtually clinched their divisional...
...official of Israel's governing Likud Party, the same words signified that the U.S. was getting cold feet. Said he: "The longer Bush waits, the harder it will be for the U.S. to go to war." At home too the President faced growing demands to spell out whether he was in fact taking the nation to war and, if so, for what goals...
...pressure on him is mounting to spell out his long-term goals. Mexico's energetic leader gets high points for economic reform -- democracy is another matter...