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...senior suggested Coach Joe Restic's habit of consistently running practices later than scheduled takes its toll on their legs. Over-conditioning aside, the Crimson will have to snap out of its fourth quarter doldrums in order to beat the Big Red (1-3 overall...
Clashes between mutinous troops and Aristide's supporters had left as many as 100 dead in the first few hours of the coup, and Western diplomats believe the final death toll could be in the hundreds. The streets turned quiet after bands of soldiers began patrolling in unmarked cars, their rifles protruding from the windows. Haitians mounted a de facto general strike even before Prime Minister Rene Preval, who is in hiding, sent out the call for one. "No one is going to work until Titid returns," a taxi driver said, using Aristide's affectionate nickname...
...haven't seen rapes that have occurred because of someone seeing a movie or TV show, but I certainly think the attitude that pervades those images takes its toll on some men's thinking...
Stone, who has taken pictures in such war zones as Ethiopia and Panama, sensed that in some quarters, respect for Saddam may be wearing thin, not only because of losses in the gulf war but also because of the toll of the earlier eight-year conflict with Iran. A taxi driver whose two brothers died in that war told Stone that he hated Saddam, but quickly added, "This conversation did not take place...
...women into the workplace during their most fertile years have led many members of the baby- boom generation to wait so long to have children that they are in danger of waiting forever. This same generation was also party to the sexual revolution, and that too has taken a toll. With exposure to more sex partners came a sharp rise in sexually transmitted diseases and other infections that can impair fertility. In addition, tens of thousands of women now in their 30s and 40s were born with malformed reproductive systems as a result of their mothers' use of the drug...