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...heard any shots; there were no leads and no obvious motives. The Orange County police closed the road from Saturday night until Sunday afternoon for a search of the area but found little to go on. Was it a random killing? That would be almost impossible to solve. A contract hit? Neither of the victims had any known enemies. A robbery attempt? Nothing was missing from...
...Tepper's team used this reasoning to try to improve on the popular blood-pressure-lowering drugs known as ACE inhibitors. These compounds inhibit an enzyme called angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), which is responsible for making the muscle cells in blood vessels contract, which drives blood pressure up. By interfering with the activity of this enzyme, ace inhibitors keep blood vessels relaxed and pressure down...
...they were in the article by Robert Sullivan, "Big Bucks and Baseball" [SPORT, Dec. 25-Jan. 1]. I have never been among those critical of the size of any player's salary, present or past. Nor have I ever had a "sky is falling" reaction to any new contract plateau that has been achieved. What I have said is that a successful league depends upon each team's having a reasonable opportunity to compete. Until fairly recently, that opportunity existed in baseball. It no longer does, and will not again, until owners and players undertake significant reforms, allowing each...
Berkowitz claims that Harvard breached its contract with him by failing to follow its own guidelines for hearing employee complaints. A Faculty committee dismissed his grievance as "clearly without merit" without sending it on to an ad-hoc panel for consideration...
...Lemieux, who speaks sports cliche in French and English. His teammates/employees welcomed him back with enthusiasm, and were heard openly contemplating the advantages of a co-worker boss. Said defenseman Bob Boughner: "I'm going to take him out on the first road trip, get him drunk and talk contract...