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...Aboriginal Tent Embassy, though, stands for far more than an official apology; instead, Coe and her supporters are demanding "sovereignty and self-determination." "This needs to be done in a negotiated fashion," she says. "We want the war against the indigenous people...
...reckons that this sad situation "reflects the trauma unleashed by 200 years of undeclared war." And though she believes that the Tent Embassy is "far more important than the Olympics," she also realizes where most of the world's attention will be focused - and hopes that just a small part of that attention will be diverted to her continuing struggle...
...other pitches: a slider, a change-up and a curve. He went straight from high school to the pros, a rarity in Japan, and in his initial season he won 16 games. This year, he has 12 wins?the most victories in the Pacific League?and only five losses, though he has struggled with his control. "I tinkered with my form early in the season," he says. "But it's O.K. now." He has a big wind-up?holding the ball a full three seconds above his head?and a big kick. "He's the real thing," says Tuffy Rhodes...
...during rush hours. That could mean higher levels of lead and other toxic metals in the soil, which can be tracked indoors and into carpets and can eventually get into toddlers' mouths. It was good that our floors are mostly hardwood and are damp-mopped weekly, noted Brennan, though he suggested adding rubber mats at front and back doors "to further reduce track...
JUST DON'T SHOOT ME Though they are now a lot easier to tolerate than they were 25 years ago, rabies shots are still given too often. Nearly 40% of patients who undergo the series of five shots in the arm each year may not need them. (Once a dozen notoriously painful injections in the abdomen was standard treatment). Doctors, usually E.R. docs, go ahead with the shots even when rabies is so rare in a locale that it doesn't pose any real threat. Other times, they don't bother to determine if the offending animal is in fact...