Word: stephen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Thanks to Stephen's videotape of the 400-meter hurdles, senior Co-Captain Steve Ezeji-Okoye's controversial record-breaking performance was not disqualified...
However, one of the judges almost canceled the trip, when he ruled that Ezeji-Okoye's foot had not cleared the plane of the hurdle. He was disqualified, and not reinstated until Bill Okerman, a member of the appeals committee, viewed Stephen's videotape and reversed the ruling...
Whether these catastrophic impacts are random or cyclic remains to be seen. But if they occur at all, they could shake the foundations of evolutionary biology and call into question the current concept of natural selection. Should the Alvarez theory be correct, says Harvard Paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould, the importance of competition between species diminishes. If every so often a megablast opens up a broad array of ecological niches, then new creatures can flourish without having to crowd out the old. "If you ask the question, 'Why are we here?' " says Gould, "the answer is, 'Because the dinosaurs disappeared...
...company's 2,000 staffers, who had agreed to a 25% pay cut last August, seemed to be growing weary of the rubber checks. "I have a deep commitment to U.P.I., but I want to get paid," said Stephen Hagey, a Washington-based copy editor. Still, the spirit that kept the wires clacking through U.P.I.'s 78- year history is still in evidence. On a pillar in the Washington office hangs a sign: SURRENDER, HELL...
...dollar's rise by providing American customers with extra features at no additional charge. For example, BMW's 735i model, with a base price of $36,880, this year includes a larger engine and a more advanced braking system. "Normally, a redesigned car model would go up 8%," says Stephen Houston, sales manager at a dealership in Santa Monica, Calif. "But you can buy a 1985 BMW with more features for roughly the same price as a 1984 model...