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...going to have to tear up the speech, are we?" George W. Bush asked late last week, as his aides labored over the text of Tuesday night's State of the Union address. Bush was gently mocking the endless process--and perhaps acknowledging how many reasons there are for last-minute rewrites: a war and a recession, an anxious public, an aggressive opposition party, and above all the fast-moving story of the largest corporate bankruptcy in U.S. history--a scandal that has so far defied White House attempts to isolate it or explain it away. In the space...
...biggest improvement recently has been Jordan. He posted 17 points against Boston to help snap the slump. He then canned 30 against Philly and 22 against Miami. Two more losses followed, and then the Wiz went on a tear. They have now taken 15 of their past 20 games, good for third place in the NBA's Atlantic Division. And Jordan is imparting his magic as a player, floor coach and motivator. Against Charlotte recently he jacked up 51 points, becoming the oldest player ever to score that many, and followed up with 45 two nights later against New Jersey...
ARTHRITIS More than 3 million Americans suffer osteoarthritis--the wear-and-tear kind of arthritis--of the knees. Walking reduces the pain by strengthening the muscles around the joint. Walking in a pool or gently lifting weights can also help. You may need to exercise every other day to give joints time to recover. DEPRESSION A quick walk around the block is one way to get a fresh attitude, but can a program of regular walking do anything for clinical depression? New evidence suggests that it can. Antidepressants work more quickly to dispel serious depression, but at least one study...
Neighborhood residents north of the Yard expressed their reservations about Harvard’s plans to build a 730-spot underground garage and tear down the University’s aboveground particle accelerator, or cyclotron, at a community meeting last night...
Young watched from his Mass. Hall room the next morning as police stormed the building, using tear gas and billy clubs against students...