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Meyer, luckily, is a pro. He has been working with sharks for years, and deftly avoids the open jaws. The last step before releasing the specimen is to tag it, a job Meyer assigns to me. I take a steak knife and stab an inch-long, inch-deep incision into the shark's back--no easy task, considering that its skin is as thick as a watermelon rind and as tough as leather. The shark doesn't even flinch. "That's nothing," Meyer reassures me, "compared with the wounds they inflict on each other during mating." I slip a barb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNDER ATTACK | 8/11/1997 | See Source »

With both runners going at contact, Huling made a diving stab in the gap, then threw a strike to second base to double up outfielder Aaron Braunstein, preserving the two-run lead...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, | Title: Baseball Tunes Up for Ivy Championships Against UMass | 5/9/1997 | See Source »

Microsoft's initial stab at an online service last fall met with mostly mixed reviews from critics and consumers alike. This year it's back with a smart Web-based service that mixes the highest technology on the Internet with well-thought-out content. The result is a service that, even with a 28.8-kbps modem, looks well worth paying for. This fall the network offers over 20 "shows" that include Michael Kinsley's Slate magazine, an online auto-shopping service and a terrific electronic travel agent. (Microsoft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOFTWARE | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

Alexander Popov, 25, Russia Returning from a party with friends, the Olympian swimmer got into a late-night street fight in Moscow with watermelon vendors in August, during which he received a serious stab wound. Though thinner, he has recovered from emergency surgery and plans to resume training...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Nov. 11, 1996 | 11/11/1996 | See Source »

...Adams House prepared for its annual stab at Dionysiac frenzy, more Apollonian-minded students--or, perhaps, just those whose parents were in town for freshman parents' weekend--assembled at Sanders Theatre for an evening with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO). The attendance at the two events was probably about equal--Sanders was packed to capacity with at least 800 attendees, a number that even Martin Feldstein would envy--but the average age at HRO was probably a good 30 years older, as beaming parents and plain old Cantabridgians turned out for an evening of aesthetic elevation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At Sanders, Not Quite Triple the Pleasure | 11/7/1996 | See Source »

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