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...comparing notes, it suddenly became clear that some sort of epidemic was raging through the striped dolphin population of the western Mediterranean Sea. In France, where dead dolphins usually wash ashore at a rate of about 50 a year, 50 were discovered in a two-week period, and the toll in Spain is up to 250 in less than three months. Since it is possible that only a small percentage of dead animals have drifted in to land, the actual toll may be much higher...
...Lisa Olson would have stood alone. Today we are all behind her," says Washington Post reporter Christine Brennan, past president of the Association for Women in Sports Media. For Olson, who was booed by the crowd at a subsequent Patriots game, the locker-room imbroglio has taken an immediate toll. Currently on leave, she will probably not be reassigned to cover the team this season. "She's been brutalized. I'm not sure it would be fair to send her back," says Herald executive sports editor Bob Sales. Furthermore, he says, "she is not in any shape" to cover...
...children. Two- income couples spell out the conditions under which they will relocate for a spouse's career. For every sublime consideration, there is a matching ridiculousness. One New York City couple were so determined to divide expenses equally that their contract stipulated that they would split the $3 toll when crossing the George Washington Bridge. Another couple itemized the ownership of 207 items, down to a $1.98 vase given to the prospective bride by her grandmother...
...hours on a frantic search for ways to restore the brown locks that once danced ever so gracefully on my scalp--or at least to make the premature departure of my hair less noticeable. Sometimes, when I'm lying in bed late at night, I even consider calling the toll-free number for Hair Club...
...what was that toll-free number again...