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Everyone agrees that PSA tests should be given in tandem with rectal exams. But what if the tests seem to contradict each other? It is not unusual to have a PSA level in excess of four-billionths of a gram per milliliter and a rectal exam that reveals nothing. In that case, the next step might include further observation, an ultrasound exam or even a biopsy, a procedure in which bits of tissue are removed from the prostate and examined under a microscope. Should men with high PSA levels undergo expensive, anxiety-producing biopsies year after year to make sure...
...Bush-Quayle re- election poster, presumably out of fear that the Vice President's vapid visage will repel swing voters. Says a senior G.O.P. adviser: "You won't see Bush even with a cutout of Quayle." This strategist admits the image of Clinton and Gore working so closely in tandem "points up the weaknesses Quayle brings...
...brother-sister tandem of Jeremy andJordanna Fraiberg, the Harvard men's and women'ssquash teams both captured national titles bydefeating archrival Yale...
Zimmerman and Co-Captain Mike Shyjan were snubbed by the selection committee Monday, failing to secure one of the eight seedings. Because of that, Harvard's top doubles tandem, once ranked as high as second in the nation, is now in a bracket with the most formidable team in collegiate tennis: Jon Leach and Brain MacPhie...
...that help show lift and drag forces on the keel. Shapes of keels now vary widely, from the basic lead-filled bulb at the end of a fin to the hydrodynamic "winged" keel, a Y-shaped structure that has less underwater drag and more lift. The latest design: a tandem keel that combines the rudder and keel fin and eliminates the need for a separate rudder. Developed in shipyards with great secrecy, new keels are covered by underwater shields and guarded from the incursions of enemy frogmen...