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...Yale match was a little tougher. Uzzell contributed two of the Crimson's five total wins...

Author: By Will Bohlen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fencing Falls to Ivy Foes | 2/24/1998 | See Source »

...industry where bigger is definitely better, the two behemoths seemed an ideal match. Expensive medical technologies like genetic engineering, combined with tougher FDA requirements, have made the cost of developing a single drug between $400 and $600 million -- about four times what it was 20 years ago. A combined Glaxo and SmithKline could have sunk $3 billion into research and development, compared to $1.8 billion for Novartis AG and $1.5 billion each for Merck & Co. and Pfizer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad Drug Interaction | 2/24/1998 | See Source »

...long time people thought the way to stop crime was by more jail and tougher sentences....Even now people don't think crime is preventable," she said. "This [award] raises public appreciation for the kind of work that can be done...

Author: By Joey Shabot, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Celtics Honor Public Health Dean As Local Hero | 2/23/1998 | See Source »

...team's first two matches, though, were a little harried. The morning of the opening game, "the butterflies were going," Granato says. "Finally, we were starting." The U.S. followed up its 5-0 win over China with a 7-1 win over Sweden, and both games were tougher than the scores would indicate. Both China and Sweden tend to play back in their own zone and do a lot of clutching and grabbing, almost like an outclassed prizefighter hoping to go the distance with the champion. As a result, the transitions and fast feet that are so typical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hockey: Women's Hockey: A Game Of Their Own | 2/23/1998 | See Source »

This, perhaps, explains why I have a tough time understanding the mindset of those who submit to the rigors of the sport. And it is why I have an even tougher time understanding why women at a school with such a vast breadth of athletic and extracurricular options would want to start an organization with wrestling as its defining activity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Counting to Ten | 2/10/1998 | See Source »

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