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Dates: during 2000-2000
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After the break, a resilient Cornell team pressed on, as Rahne threw two more touchdown passes in the second half, including a 54-yard toss to Ferguson. Trying to close the insurmountable gap, the Big Red also got three short touchdown runs from tailback Justin Dunleavy...

Author: By Andy C. Poon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cornell's Loss at Brown Locks Five Ivy Teams in Tie for First | 10/24/2000 | See Source »

...Close the Nevada Loophole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 23, 2000 | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

...fixing and point shaving occurred. But even if there weren't scandals, we believe it is inappropriate to bet on college athletic competitions whether done legally in the casinos of Nevada or in any of the other 49 states where federal law currently prohibits it. Congress should act to close the Nevada loophole. Legal gambling on amateur sports fuels the larger, illegal gambling industry and makes it nearly impossible for us to address this growing problem. JAMES E. HANEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR National Association of Basketball Coaches Overland Park, Kans. GRANT TEAFF, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR American Football Coaches Association Waco, Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 23, 2000 | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

Jones has kept her cards, so to speak, close to her vest. She has bypassed defense motions to toss the case, yet her pointed questions to the plaintiff sometimes mimic remarks by its critics--for example, that banks are already lining up behind individual brands. "If the market is going that way anyway, why do you want me to do anything?" she asked U.S. attorney Melvin Schwarz. To prevent a return to duality, he said. That might or might not happen, but as a former card executive puts it, "this is definitely a case where everyone's a little guilty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: House of Cards? | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

PROBLEM PILL So much for free love. For women with a family history of breast cancer, birth-control pills that were made before 1975 may have raised the already heightened likelihood of developing the cancer. Advice: be extra vigilant about getting mammograms if you have close relatives with breast cancer--and if you were using the Pill back when the times they were a-changin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Oct. 23, 2000 | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

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