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Harris, despite her torn anterior cruciate ligament, surprised all by suiting up and starting for the Crimson...

Author: By Peggy L. Yeh, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: It Couldn't Have Been a Better Finish | 3/11/1992 | See Source »

...million women who already have implants ought to check their breasts regularly for any change in shape or texture that might indicate rupture, the panel advised. Torn sacs should be removed immediately. In the meantime, the FDA and Dow Corning are planning intensive safety studies to resolve lingering doubts. Unfortunately, preliminary data will not be available for two to three years. That is a long wait for assurances that should have been part of the package years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not For Vanity's Sake | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

...wrinkled paper is yellow with age, like some ancient parchment. The letterhead is partly torn off. The text--scribbled with an old-style fountain pen so that the end of each sentence is much fainter than its beginning--is hard to make out. The date reads September...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: When Opa Met Omi | 2/27/1992 | See Source »

Like the 1940s movie heroines that preceded her, Griffith's character is smart, beautiful, and brave. After she volunteers to replace a downed U.S. agent in war-torn Germany, she has to depend on her ability to speak German, the invaluable training she's learned from cloak and dagger maneuvers in her favorite movies, and, in the inevitable pinch, her lover...

Author: By Sarah E. Funke, | Title: A Dim but Darling Spy | 2/6/1992 | See Source »

...torn El Salvador, Fisher led separate negotiation workshops to end bitter feuding between FMLN guerrilla leaders and the government of Alfredo Cristiani...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fisher Negotiates Course for Last Time | 2/3/1992 | See Source »

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