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...Pneumonia, influenza 202.2 2. Tuberculosis 194.4 3. Diarrhea, enteritis, ulcers 142.7 4. Heart disease 137.4 5. Stroke 106.9 6. Acute kidney infection 88.6 7. Accidents 72.3 8. Cancer, malignant tumors 64.0 9. Senility 50.2 10. Diphtheria...
...Heart disease 268.0 2. Cancer 199.4 3. Stroke 58.5 4. Pulmonary diseases 42.3 5. Pneumonia, influenza 35.1 6. Accidents 34.5 7. Diabetes 23.9 8. Suicide 10.8 9. Acute kidney infection 9.7 10. Chronic liver disease, cirrhosis...
Gandhi was never a man to give up. On March 12, 1930, he launched his most brilliant stroke, national defiance of the law forbidding Indians to make their own salt. With 78 followers, he set out for the coast to make salt until the law was repealed. By the time he reached the sea, people all across the land had joined in. Civil disobedience spread until Gandhi was arrested again. Soon more than 60,000 Indians filled the jails, and Britain was shamed by the gentle power of the old man and his unresisting supporters. Though Gandhi had been elected...
Ultimately, we realize that no amount of editorializing can convince the masses not to celebrate the millennium. Nevertheless, it is important that this newspaper have its opposition on record. After all, if at the stroke of midnight next Friday night, God's Kingdom does descend onto earth, many of us are likely to be banished to Hell. At least now we can say that we're political dissidents...
...bout of atrial fibrillation, however, you're likely to have another. In some cases, that could spell trouble. The uncoordinated beating of the heart allows small amounts of blood to pool in the atria, where the blood can form clots that can travel through the brain, causing a stroke. The risk is greatest for folks 65 and older, who are often given blood thinners like aspirin and the prescription drug warfarin to lessen the risk. But Bradley is 56. And in a Dec. 9 letter to the candidate, his doctor reported that the occasional irregular heartbeat "does...