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...added that students in Lowell produced 97 pints of blood, or about one-tenth the total collection...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard-Radcliffe Blood Drive Falls Short of 1600-Pint Goal | 12/10/1984 | See Source »

...final tally of the afternoon came at 15-11 when Ward knocked in her tenth of the year on assists from Starr and Landry...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Icewomen Sit Atop Ivies, Top Visiting Cornell, 5-1 | 12/10/1984 | See Source »

...Hindu, there is no Muslim," Guru Nanak forged a path between the two warring religions, drawing followers from both, when he created Sikhism in Punjab at the end of the 15th century. Two centuries later, however, Guru Nanak's teaching of religious tolerance was radically redirected by the tenth and last of the Sikh gurus, a skilled horseman and dauntless fighter named Gobind Singh. With his people being persecuted by Mogul warlords, Gobind formed a fierce fraternity of "warriors of God" known as the Khalsa (Pure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lions of Punjab | 11/12/1984 | See Source »

McPherson also lambasted Ethiopian President Mengistu Haile Mariam for spending more than $100 million two months ago to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the coup that brought his government to power. Mengistu, he claimed, was "not especially interested" in feeding his starving millions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethiopia: Finally, Relief | 11/12/1984 | See Source »

...Baby Fae's remarkable progress was making many critics of the experiment think again. Loma Linda doctors expressed relief that their tiny patient had so far avoided "hyperacute rejection," a reaction to foreign tissue that often occurs immediately after a transplant. However, Hinshaw cautioned that the seventh to tenth days after a transplant are a peak period for rejection. Should the child begin to show signs of rejecting the baboon heart, said Hinshaw, a second transplant would be considered. In this event, a human heart was said to be the team's first choice and another baboon organ would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baby Fae Stuns the World | 11/12/1984 | See Source »

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