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...HERNIA...
Today R.E.M. finds itself at a crossroads. The band's tour in support of its last album, Monster, was problem-ridden: drummer Bill Berry suffered an aneurysm (he has since recovered), bassist Mike Mills underwent surgery for an intestinal problem, and Stipe developed a hernia. So far, no tour has been planned for New Adventures in Hi-Fi. The album is also R.E.M.'s last under its current deal with Warner Bros., setting the band free to renegotiate, N.B.A.-style, for a megacontract...
RECOVERING. MICHAEL STIPE, 35, singer; from a hernia operation. R.E.M.'s frontman learned of his condition just before a recent concert in Prague by the surgery-prone band (the drummer had an aneurysm fixed in March). Well, everybody hurts sometimes: Stipe warbled through the Prague show anyway, then flew to Atlanta for the procedure...
...Paul Fichiera and Marquis Jessie. Fichiera, a junior, rushed for 124 yards last week against Cornell and has an 80-yard average this season. Jessic, a sophomore, has also averaged over 80 yards-per-game. He returns to the Bear lineup this week after missing two games for hernia surgery...
...warrens of Old Havana, farther along the bay, Ana, 25, has another generation in mind: that of her three-year-old son. He has been waiting for a hernia operation for two years. At his day-care center, which lacks books and toys, there is no Mercurochrome for skinned knees. "All the children have colds," Ana explains. Flushed with anger, she beckons a visitor to accompany her to the nearest pharmacy. "Is there aspirin?" she demands of the clerk. "Is there flu medicine for my baby?" The answer, as always, is no. "You see!" she says. "They take...