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...Diana is Demer's only stiff competition in the collegaite ranks," Princeton Coach Betty Constable said...

Author: By Martha C. Abbruzzese, | Title: Racquetwoman Edge Topped at Princeton | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

...Susan Lazarchick, the decision to undergo an experimental knee transplant was frighteningly simple. A benign tumor the size of a grapefruit was rapidly consuming her right knee and shinbone. Doctors had offered her two other options: amputation, or a bone fusion, which would render her stiff-legged for the rest of her life. She chose the rarely performed transplant. Last week Orthopedic Surgeon Richard Schmidt at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia announced that he had transplanted an entire knee -- bones, cartilage, tendons, ligaments and all -- from an accident victim into the leg of the young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Gamble Against Uncertain Odds | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

...opening half hour is as stiff and controlled as Margaret. House wears the self-conscious artiness of its images and characters like a badge, and Mamet's dialogue sounds impossibly stilted. The scenes between Crouse and her patients demonstrate that no one would ever tell this woman anything. Everything is terribly solemn and Bergman-esque...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Fair Games | 12/4/1987 | See Source »

...Mike, the loan shark who is threatening him. Mike is a slick, charming con man, played with great, seedy elan by Joe Mantegna. He shows her some of the tricks of the con man trade, and for the first time in the movie we see Margaret shed her stiff exterior and smile...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Fair Games | 12/4/1987 | See Source »

...Goals Allowed: Two tournament playoffs and a league game for the Ivy title. Pretty stiff competition. But Harvard junior goalie Stephen Hall has been solid under pressure--not allowing a goal in the Crimson's past three contests...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Winter's Here and the Booters Are Hot | 12/3/1987 | See Source »

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