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Heberle lettered as a sophomore split end last season, but ironically was switched to defensive back at spring practice last year to strengthen a thin secondary...

Author: By Neil Mooney, | Title: How to Break Out of a Slump | 10/17/1986 | See Source »

Medical literature has been woefully slight, but doctors now point to a number of treatments, some as simple as a series of exercises to strengthen pelvic muscles, others involving surgery to correct an enlarged prostate or weak sphincter. New experimental medications may help block errant signals to the bladder's nerves or relax overly taut bladder tissue. Artificial sphincters opened by squeezing a small pump have been successfully implanted for more than a decade. Scientists at the University of California at San Francisco are testing a bladder pacemaker. Using a remote control, the patient can send signals to implanted electrodes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: Incontinence: The Last of the Closet Issues | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

...third poorest nation in the hemisphere, Honduras is more than eager to receive the $100 million, as well as the $80 million that Washington is sending this year to strengthen the country's military, which is led by General Humberto Regalado Hernandez. Yet many Hondurans feel that the government of President Jose Azcona Hoyo is forfeiting its stability and independence to gain the Yanqui money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Honduras Shadow Fighting in Limbo | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

...strong political commitment to strengthen the friendship between our two peoples, and I am determined to work for this cause," Nakasone said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nakasone Apologizes for Ethnic Slur | 9/27/1986 | See Source »

Calling for faith in the free market, the Saudi Arabian oil minister and representative to OPEC on September 4 told a packed audience that the oil cartel must strengthen itself for "price stability in the long...

Author: By James D. Solomon, | Title: Says Mr. OPEC: Stabilize Oil Prices | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

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