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Furthermore, it wasn't atherosclerosis or a heart attack that sent Cheney to the hospital. Rather, scar tissue had formed around the wire-mesh stent that was implanted last November to open a blocked coronary artery. This had led to a renarrowing, or restenosis, of the vessel. (Restenosis occurs in 20% of such cases.) Although one study suggests that "burnout" can trigger restenosis, the evidence is hardly conclusive and in any case doesn't apply to Cheney, who obviously relishes his job. "If you have a job you love, then you're lucky," says Dr. Alan Wasserman, chief of medicine...
...Saturday, the Associated Press declared that Harvard officials still refused to confirm reports of Summers' selection. But at 2:19 p.m. on Sunday, the wire service moved a single-sentence alert, confirming that Summers had officially been tapped. Yesterday, newspapers from the Globe to the Times to the Washington Post carried stories of their own on the Summers appointment...
...rally received mention on all major wire services, and PSLM members appeared on local newscasts to air their views...
...last game went down to the wire, with the score at one point knotted at ten, but in the end Ragontse used his speed and deceptive shots to capture the fifth and deciding game...
After a close 33-28 first half, the Crimson and Lions battled down the wire. In the final three and a half minutes, there were three ties and four lead changes...