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...title story portrays Beirut some 30 years hence, still the scene of senseless, sectarian slaughter. A weary soldier conceives a plan for peace that actually begins to work, until it is sabotaged by the United Nations forces assigned to referee the carnage. The reason why is the extremely incisive point of the whole exercise. In The Largest Theme Park in the World, Ballard looks ahead past the planned 1992 economic unification of Europe to 1995, when many of the Continent's citizens decide to extend their Mediterranean summer vacations year-round...
...best defense against steroids, year-round random testing, is meant to counter athletes' efforts to hide the presence of drugs by stopping their use just before competition. But year-round testing is costly and complicated. Even sports organizations that say they are intent upon rooting out steroids -- the U.S. Olympic Committee and the NCAA, among them -- are only now gathering the experience and resources to do so. The NCAA conducted about 14,000 drug tests in 1990, vs. 5,000 in 1986, but year-round testing is still limited to Division I football...
Ollan Cassell, head of the Athletics Congress (TAC), the governing body for - U.S. track and field, boasts that TAC's year-round testing is the world's best. But a lack of technicians forces TAC to exempt from examination any athletes living more than 75 miles from testing centers. Last year TAC exempted or excused more athletes (395) than it monitored (246). The group says it will hire an outside firm next month to close that...
...sure this is one rule some students aren't happy with, but since undergrads are so busy, I can see where pets could become neglected," Heath said. "Proctors can own pets because they live here year-round, which lends stability...
What makes the effort work so well is parental commitment and sustained, year-round attention. Once students are selected in the eighth grade, they must pledge to spend the next five Julys at Davidson, in addition to twice- monthly meetings that include English and math workshops and SAT reviews during the regular school year. Parents must promise to participate in quarterly discussions of topics ranging from high school-course selection to college financial aid. "This is a student and parent program," says Tapia. "I make it clear that I won't accept a child whose parent doesn't consent...