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...waited on canceling the class in the hopes that his throat condition would improve, and apologized for the delay. Instead of teaching "Myth," which had an enrollment of about 300 when it was last offered in 1995-96, Bercovitch will be teaching several smaller courses that will not strain his throat...
Sophomore back Katie Urbanic was not available for the second straight game because of a back strain. She is the fourth Crimson sophomore to miss time this season because of an injury. Her status...
...suck, kick and open one eye but may not have consciousness. Her bodymate Jodie is "bright, alert, sparkling...very much a 'with-it' sort of baby," say doctors who testified before British high-court judge Robert Johnson. Mary's life depends on Jodie's heart and lungs, and the strain will probably give Jodie heart failure and kill them both in three to six months. Thus the agonizing dilemma: Should surgeons detach Mary, certainly killing her, to let Jodie live a relatively normal life? Or must they do nothing to harm Mary and stand by while both certainly...
...impossible for me to stay in a bad mood when I am reading Wodehouse. When I begin to crack under the strain of insinuating political commercials, I intend simply to pass over for a little while into the innocent alternate universe of Bingo's dilemmas as he falls idiotically in love with a tea shop waitress, or a Bolshevik maiden, and applies to Bertie (meaning, of course, Jeeves) to help him sort...
...D?j? Vu The final trio of acts were among the musical heavyweights of their generation. First came the improbable survivors of the '60s Crosby, Stills & Nash. The harmonies may occasionally strain but the commitment and history of the three performers lent an air of Big Chill idealism to the proceedings. "Marrakesh Express" and "Helplessly Hoping" (the latter slyly dedicated to "Shrub" by Crosby) were the soundtrack to the giddy optimism of the late...