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Still, the loss shook the team's confidence. And with two tough road games--Pennsylvania and Princeton--on tap this weekend, confidence can be all-important...

Author: By Patty W. Seo, | Title: W. Cagers Regroup After Brown Loss And Prepare for Tough Road Weekend | 2/18/1993 | See Source »

...from her violin class on the way) when you get called into a meeting with, say, the President. Sitting in the Oval Office with something that looks like an electronic notepad on steroids cradled in your palm, you discreetly dash off a message: "Running late. Be patient." With the tap of a pencil-like stylus, your note is beamed through the ether to the other side of town, where it lodges in a similar device, stowed in your daughter's book bag, and sets off a little beep. She hauls out her notepad, reads your message on the screen, scrawls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Portable Office That Fits In Your Palm | 2/15/1993 | See Source »

...addition to outlining a new approach to scientific inquiry, Wilson spoke about the need to avoid stereotypes and to encourage women and minorities to enter science-related professions. "We need to be able to tap the entire pool," she said...

Author: By Virginia A. Triant, | Title: Science, Social Issues Linked | 2/12/1993 | See Source »

Twenty-nine years and 21 solo albums later, McCartney is still enjoying the fun of it -- and provoking those female screams of adoration. MTV's 90-minute concert special, which airs this Wednesday, goes out of its way to tap memories of Beatlemania by letting the studio audience crush against the stage and switching between color and black-and-white camera work. For his part, McCartney uses the occasion to preview an upcoming world tour and offer a potent mix of Beatles hits and other songs from his new album, Off the Ground (Capitol Records), to be released next week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Magical History Tour | 2/8/1993 | See Source »

Ronald Sanders, 50, of Bakersfield, came down with valley fever in 1988. It spread into his brain membranes, causing a stroke. Today, although his paralysis is gone, he is still fighting the disease. Every Friday, Sanders has to go to his doctor's office for a cisternal tap, in which spinal fluid is removed, tested and mixed with amphotericin B for reinjection. There is no end in sight to the painful procedure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Valley Fever | 2/1/1993 | See Source »

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