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...garbage glut has prompted thousands of parents to toss their disposable diapers and turn back to cloth. Their environmental awareness has fueled a rebirth for diaper services in hospitals and homes, sending revenues up 38.5% last year, to $250 million. Riteway Diaper Service of Brooklyn, N.Y., has had a 300% increase in demand over the past twelve months. Dy-Dee Service of Washington, D.C., kept more than 400 families on a waiting list late last year. General Health Care, which owns a string of 13 diaper services from New York's Long Island to Phoenix, is adding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are You Ready for a Change? | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

...Crimson stretched their lead to 16-10 after three quarters and then shifted into a stall offense and a stonewall defense for the final quarter, allowing the Engineers only one goal on a Hail Mary toss from half a pool length away with only two seconds left to play...

Author: By Jose A. Guerra, | Title: Jen Gahan Turns It On For Aquawomen | 4/4/1990 | See Source »

...usual, sophomore Catherine Griffin did her fair share of anchoring the women's field domination, placing first in both the 20-Ib. weight and the shot put. Her toss of 53-ft., 2-in. in the weight eclipsed the personal best that she had set only three weeks earlier at the Greater Boston Championships. Megan Young leapt to second place in the high jump to meet the provisional NCAA standards...

Author: By Rik Geiersbach, | Title: W. Thinclads Grab Heps; Men Take Ninth | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

Despite the overall squad's difficulties, the men's team was not without its own individual stars this weekend in the stiff Heps competition. Junior John Brzezenski's mammoth toss of 60-ft, 1-in in the 35-Ib. weight was good enough for third place and the provisional NCAA standards...

Author: By Rik Geiersbach, | Title: W. Thinclads Grab Heps; Men Take Ninth | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

Sophomore Catherine Griffin was a force in the field events, taking first in the shot put and the 20-lb. weight. Her 51-ft. 1-in. toss in the 20-lb. weight was a new meet record and a personal best. In the shot put, she eclipsed her competitors by over an entire meter with her 13.19-meter throw...

Author: By Ray Patricco, | Title: Harvard Owns GBCs Behind Mee, Griffin | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

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