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...been growing for a long time, perhaps years or decades. Even before the conference, however, other physicians were questioning why it had not been detected earlier either by a colonoscopic inspection or a barium enema. Said Dr. Stephen Hanauer, a gastroenterologist at the University of Chicago: "The bottom line was, if he had either blood in his stool or a polyp last year, then our way of dealing with that is to recommend examination of the entire colon for polyps." The President's doctors stood fast, explaining that they had decided against a scan of the entire bowel after...
...tiny craft probed a corridor 10 miles long by 1 mile wide for several days, gradually narrowing the search area as it scanned the bottom for wreckage. On Friday, the Scarab 1 first detected the distinctive electronic pinging signals emitted by flight recorders but could not fix their location. Then, at 2 a.m. last Tuesday, the engineers hit the jackpot: on their video screens they saw the downed plane's voice recorder on the ocean floor, 6,700 ft. below. Maneuvering the sub closer by firing small bursts from its thrusters, they gingerly extended one of Scarab's mechanical arms...
...controversy has battered Hutton's bottom line as well as its reputation. In May, New York City temporarily barred the firm from participating in two municipal-bond offerings, accusing Hutton of "stealing." Though the ban was lifted, it represented a loss of some $500,000 in fees and an incalculable amount of prestige. A New York state agency, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, has indefinitely prohibited Hutton from doing any of its underwriting...
Facing a 5-2 deficit in the bottom of the fifth, however, sophomore Rob Nelson pinch-hit with a runner on first and one out. Nelson smoked a line drive that was snagged by Tiger shortstop Lucian...
...received all the offensive support she would need in the bottom of the third, as the Crimson erupted for three runs. After a single from sophomore Lauren Brown and a patented Lauren Stefanchik infield hit, senior Beth Sabin entered the game as a pinch hitter and cracked a two-run double on the first pitch...