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...team showed its resiliency in last Saturday's win against New Hampshire. Although the Wildcats clawed their way back into the game after a falling behind by six at half-time, Harvard managed to stave off the UNH threat, converting several key free throws in the game's waning moments...
Miami has had more than its share of calamity in the past few years, including Hurricane Andrew, major riots in black neighborhoods and a nasty wave of tourist murders. But with the current fiscal crisis, the stakes are higher than ever. If Carollo can stave off bankruptcy and persuade voters to reject dissolution, he could be remembered as one of Miami's most important mayors. If he fails, he may be remembered as its last...
...stave off creditors, Lewis shut down unprofitable operations, including a dairy plant in Switzerland, and she accelerated the divestiture program started by her husband and Fugett. She quickly jettisoned eight businesses, including ice-cream companies in Denmark, Belgium and Germany. In addition to eliminating the corporate toys, Lewis cut 500 jobs, including half the corporate staff...
Where was the commissioner in all of this? "We'll see what happens," Bud Selig, the moonlighting Milwaukee Brewers owner, said last Monday. Selig and Budig did manage to stave off the Tuesday walkout by promising to hear Alomar's appeal on Thursday. To add to the bad taste, 50,000 fans cheered and only a few booed as Alomar took the field at Camden Yards against the Cleveland Indians in Game One of their division series. In New York City for the Yankees-Rangers series later that night, umpire Al Clark watched on television as Alomar...
Does that mean that taking DHEA can somehow stave off the aging process? When scientists tested this proposition on animals, they found to their astonishment that it seemed to do just that. When older, slower mice were given DHEA, they became more active and learned as easily as younger rodents to run mazes. Other studies suggested that the hormone may help fight cancer, diabetes and heart disease...