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...ordered that the case be tried by a jury in the fall. The decision was a blow to the Yorks, for whom time is critical. Risa is 39, and the spontaneous abortion rate for in vitro implants increases dramatically in women beyond the age of 40. Also, the longest recorded freezing of an embryo that was later successfully implanted is 28 months; the Yorks' embryo has been in a cryogenic state for 24 months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethics: The Rights of Frozen Embryos | 7/24/1989 | See Source »

February 7: The women's squash team clinches its first national title with a 6-1 win over perennial powerhouse Princeton. The men's squash team loses to Princeton, 5-4, but would capture its next 72 matches in a row, the second longest winning streak in collegiate athletic history...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Year in Review | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

This brings us to Video Sickness's other main problem: clips that are not allowed to end before they have, in the words of one of my favorite professors, thoroughly tenderized the proverbial dead horse. The longest sketch, one about "drinking and dating," starts off on a weak premise-- a twist on studies of the effects of drinking and driving--and actually becomes less humorous as it drags...

Author: By Kelly A. Matthews, | Title: Sickness with a Cure | 4/28/1989 | See Source »

...Harvard women's tennis team dropped a tough, 5-4 decision to Yale yesterday in New Haven, breaking the Crimson's 43-match Ivy League winning streak--the longest streak in league history...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Elis End Netwomen's 43-Game Ivy Streak | 4/22/1989 | See Source »

...convicted on all counts, he could be sentenced to 60 years in prison and fined as much as $3 million. However, federal court practice is generally to limit sentences to the longest term for any one count--in this case 10 years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jury Begins Deliberations in North Trial | 4/22/1989 | See Source »

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