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...opponent's first innings, it can be asked to bat again. Being forced to "follow on" is usually a prelude to a humiliating defeat. And that's how the Indian press were calling it at the end of Day 2 in Calcutta. At best, they hoped, India could avoid the ultimate humiliation of an innings defeat (when the team that bats second fails over two innings to pass the score its rival registered in a single innings, which suggests it was an unworthy opponent...
...Female baboons may be trying to mate with as many males as possible to confuse paternity and therefore avoid infanticidal action from nonfathers," Domb said...
...berth moves the remaining four squads--St. Lawrence, Harvard, Cornell, and Dartmouth respectively--up one position and slides the Catamounts into the final slot. The Saints will face off against the victor of the play-in game between Vermont and the Big Green, while Cornell gets to avoid that dreaded Thursday night contest...
...about the Microsoft antitrust case, is the startling acknowledgment that Jackson granted author Ken Auletta "about 10 hours of taped interviews." That's a lot of time for a reporter to get out of any source, much less one bound by the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges to avoid commenting on pending cases. Judge Jackson also spoke with other media, including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal...
...meantime, don't be discouraged by the long waits from scheduling your own mammogram. Avoid calling in October, since that is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and many women, responding to the publicity, call for exams at that time. Remember, persistence often pays off. After a week of telephone entreaties, Paula Sperling spent the day camped out at N.Y.U.'s mammography center. Eventually an office manager took pity on her and squeezed her into a slot five weeks later. Says Sperling: "I'm already talking to them about an appointment for next year...