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...standard-sized, individually wrapped condom of the kind put in dispensers in Canaday, Weld, and Greenough last spring measures 2 inches by 2 inches and is about a quarter-inch thick. Usually made of latex or occasionally polyurethane, the modern condom can stretch to 800 percent its normal size, if necessary—both a prophylactic and a practical joke waiting to happen. As a method of birth control, it boasts a 98 percent success rate, and when used to protect against STDs, one incurs less than a quarter of the risk one might incur through unprotected sex. As prophylactics...
...gradually cut the lead down before capping there run with a three by Radar Onguetou made the score 49-42, firing up his team, supporters, and the neutral fans rooting for the underdog. Yet it wouldn’t be enough, as Albany showed its championship poise down the stretch, winning 64-47.The final game saw third-seeded BU pull out a 62-58 come-from-behind thriller over Binghamton in front of many vociferous Terrier students. Players continued to step up, like Bearcat guard Steve Proctor, who had a game-high 22 points in his final collegiate game...
...Crimson stumbled to a 4-23 record, and last year the team collapsed down the stretch with eight straight league losses...
...Crimson stumbled to a 4-23 record, and last year the team collapsed down the stretch with eight straight league losses...
...Chicago. "It's even higher than in Philadelphia," says Cox, adding the total number of murders in Detroit climbed more than 17% last year. While 3,100 American soldiers have died in the war in Iraq, 1,518 Detroiters have been murdered during roughly the same four-year stretch from the beginning of 2003 to the end of 2006, says Cox. "The mayor is doing everything he can but he needs more resources," says...