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...diagnostic method could make testing for breast cancer easier, quicker and cheaper, according to a Harvard Medical School physician who developed the method...

Author: By Ivan Oransky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Profs Advance in Cancer Test | 12/16/1992 | See Source »

...most common method is the chairift, a mechanized contraption which carries you in an open seat hanging from a cable about 50 feet off the ground. The cable moves, the chair moves and you move up the mountain. It sounds ideal. With chairlifts, as with just about everything, however, the reality isn't as good as the ideal...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Getting Uphill Isn't as Fun as Skiing Down | 12/15/1992 | See Source »

...snowmobile method is environmentally unfriendly. It also leaves you with the problem of how to get back your snowmobile after you leave it at the top of the mountain and ski down. (With the helicopter, you hire a pilot to meet you at the bottom of the hill...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Getting Uphill Isn't as Fun as Skiing Down | 12/15/1992 | See Source »

Finally, you can use your own energy to get to the top of Mt. Brokenleg. This method, also known as walking, is favored by macho ski team members looking to build up those leg muscles. It also comes with the territory in cross-country skiing and snowshoeing...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Getting Uphill Isn't as Fun as Skiing Down | 12/15/1992 | See Source »

Should the U.S.-led troops also disarm the war bands? U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali says yes, but Powell calls disarmament only "one method that could be used" and adds that the troops can hardly round up "every last AK-47" in Somalia. So, might the warring clans create anarchy and famine again after the U.S.-U.N. troops leave? The hope is that the combat troops can pacify the country enough for a smaller, "regular" U.N. peacekeeping force to take over. Though the U.S. would like to begin pulling out by Bill Clinton's Inauguration Jan. 20, Secretary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Noblesse Oblige for The Sole Superpower | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

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