Word: thirds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Freshman Derek Brown faltered in the first set but triumphed, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, at third singles to clinch the match for the Crimson. His victory prevented Harvard (17-6 overall, 8-0 EITA) from having to depend on the doubles matches to decide the outcome, a situation it's been in often lately...
...industry is like a cat with nine lives. It constantly seems to be able to come up with a new salvation. First there was the VCR, which has saved films that were theatrical failures, and now the opening up of European television puts a new value on second- and third-run new films. The film industry is probably on life six or seven...
...later, Mexican police nabbed Ramon Salcido, 28, a winery worker accused of a gruesome shooting and slashing rampage in Sonoma County, Calif., two weeks ago that left seven people dead and terrorized residents. Among the victims were Salcido's wife and two daughters, ages 4 and 1. A third daughter, 3, barely survived a throat slitting. Suspecting that Salcido might flee to his native country, U.S. officials alerted Mexican authorities, who caught him at a railroad station near Los Mochis...
...only to safeguard the mother's health. Though the court decided that the fetus was not a "person" under the law, it did recognize that states had an interest in protecting "potential life." Because the fetus was considered viable in the final twelve weeks, states were permitted to ban third-trimester abortions, except those necessary to preserve the health of the mother...
However, while there have been significant strides in saving infants born early in the third trimester, when most abortions are already illegal, it is ; still nearly impossible to save those born before the 23rd week. Doctors question whether they will ever push viability back to a point much earlier than that. Until then, fetal lungs are not sufficiently developed. According to a brief filed in the Webster case by the American Medical Association, "the earliest point at which an infant can survive has changed little" since Roe was handed down...