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...fields in the Imperial Valley, which straddles the California-Mexico border, should be bursting with ripe melons ready for shipment to markets around the U.S. Instead, 95% of the fall crop has been lost and much of the rest lies rotting on the vine. Harvests of lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, squash, citrus fruits, table grapes, sugar beets, carrots and cabbages are threatened as well. Total crop losses in Imperial County and nearby Riverside County have already reached $90 million. Says melon grower Ben Abatti, who has been farming in the area since 1956: "It is total disaster...
...that fear of bill collectors is an adequate late-night stimulant. This first dip into the waters of alternative health left me open to the suggestion, a few years later, that I try chiropractic to treat my persistent lower-back pain. "Go see Christoph," said one of my regular squash opponents. "He'll give you a line of Eastern philosophy, but he knows bones." Since I dreaded the doctor-recommended alternative of heavy pain- killers and two weeks of immobilization, I decided to risk...
...NEWS, however, is not all bad. Faisal al-Husseini, the real Palestinian mover in Madrid, earnestly tries to squash the PLO-yelping delegates, hoping to keep the conference on course. Arafat's announcement that he will abide by whatever the Palestinian negotiators agree to is equally encouraging. Arafat has nothing to worry about, of course, because he will be telling the Palestinian team what to say. But at long last, he has decided to play the game that might make peace possible instead of allowing ideology and extremism to snatch despair from the jaws of hope...
Fraiberg's victory, however, was only part of the story. The Crimson put in a gritty performance all night long, crushing Yale, 7-2, to capture the 1991 national squash title, its eighth in nine years...
...Varsity SportOverall Record Baseball 20-20 Basketball 9-17 Crew, Heavyweight 4-2 Crew, Lightweight 2-1 Ivy League Champions Cross Country 5-3 Fencing 5-8 Football 5-5 Golf 4-5 Hockey 14-12-3 Indoor Track 3-3 Lacrosse 3-10 Soccer 6-7-1 Squash 10-0 Ivy League Champions Swimming 7-1 Tennis 17-6 EITA, Ivy Champions Track and Field 0-4 Water Polo 13-10 Wrestling 7-8 Women's Varsity Sport Overall Record Basketball 17-9 Ivy League Champions Crew, Heavyweight 4-2 Crew, Lightweight 5-0 Cross Country 2-3 Fencing...