Word: breakthroughs
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...arrangement if it fails to end the pregnancy or there are side effects. No more clinics; no more waiting until pregnancy is far enough along for surgical abortion. Just a series of pills taken over a period of days to induce a miscarriage. Advocates hailed it as the greatest breakthrough in women's health since the Pill and vowed to have mifepristone in doctors' hands within a month...
BUYING TIME In what may be a breakthrough, researchers used early drug intervention to delay the onset of the autoimmune disorder multiple sclerosis. Doctors administered either a placebo or interferon beta-1a (Avonex) to 383 patients who had suffered one episode of symptoms--such as double or cloudy vision or problems with bladder control or balance--that often precede MS. Forty percent of the placebo group but less than 24% of the Avonex group developed MS over the course of the three-year study...
...After almost a week of bloodletting, both Barak and Arafat have even less room for maneuvering than they did at Camp David, which means it could be a year or more before prospects for a breakthrough reemerge. Until then, both leaders, assisted by whoever's in charge in Washington, may have to work to maintain something less than peace - the absence...
...injuries have plagued last year's key offensive players, Harvard has desperately needed someone to step up and put the ball in the net. This weekend, the Crimson (4-2, 1-1 Ivy) received the breakthrough performance it needed from freshmen midfielders Caitlin Fisher and Katie Westfall...
Both Harvard (3-2-1) and Boston College (5-2) find themselves on the verge of breakthrough seasons. With the Eagles currently ranked eighth in the New England region and the Crimson close behind at No. 10, Sunday's non-conference match will have considerable implications in the regional picture...