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...first round and the right to maul the bottom of the conference in the first round. The regular season took a big hit last year when the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament was removed. Now, it is further devalued by removing the penalty for failing to perform...
...many med students say they deserve a chance to discover their limits--Do they have the nerve to terminate a first-trimester pregnancy? A second-trimester?--before choosing to specialize in ob-gyn. Faughnan decided she could perform only first-trimester abortions. "People need to come to decisions on their own," says Elizabeth Dodge, a student at the University of Texas-Southwestern. "Before, the choice was effectively taken away because we were given no information...
...most important test of MSFC begins now, as the first wave of members leave their residencies and launch their careers. Will they actually provide abortions? Will those who do be stuck in the specialty clinics that are easy targets for abortion opponents? Or will they lobby to perform abortions in hospitals or in their private offices as a small part of a larger practice? At least now, educated in the procedure, these students are equipped to choose...
...Summitt, of course, is the domineering and absurdly successful coach of the University of Tennessee women's basketball team, one of the best the game has ever seen. She is a blunt-spoken, hypercompetitive perfectionist. If her charges don't perform, they're gone. What does she know about airplanes? Not much besides nearly having a baby in one, at altitude, when she ignored serious labor pains and went on a recruiting trip. But Summitt would eat a swaggering airline CEO for breakfast (along with her usual nails...
...only pitchers had ventured abroad, notably Hideo Nomo who took his corkscrew delivery to L.A. in 1995 and won Rookie of the Year honors. But if boyish superstar Ichiro (he goes by his given name) and fellow emigrant Tsuyoshi Shinjo, a dashing slugger joining the New York Mets, both perform as advertised, the exodus will only accelerate. (American players have been part of the Japanese baseball equation for years but only in the form of minor leaguers, benchwarmers and aging stars. Never has an American of top status been guilty of defection - and certainly no one like Ichiro who, with...