Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...question about how Hembrick felt. As soon as swimmer Matt Biondi was touched out for the gold by a hundredth of a second in the 100-meter butterfly, analyst John Naber nastily opined that Biondi "deserved the loss" because he had glided in rather than risk a final, choppy stroke that might have caused him to collide with the wall...
...Cutone scored the lone goal early in the second half on a cross pass from classmate Sharon Landau during a scuffle in front of the goal. Cutone, who was one of the top goal scorers on the team last season with five tallies, redeemed herself for a missed penalty stroke awarded the Crimson (1-0 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) on a goalie foul minutes before...
Authorities suspect many heat deaths go unreported as such; they are registered as fatalities from heart attack, stroke or other illness. Healthworkers will eventually compare actual deaths with normal mortality statistics to get a more accurate figure. On that basis, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta will compare this year's toll with a record of more than 1,700 deaths in the scorching summer of 1980. This year air conditioning is more prevalent. But the nation also has more heat-susceptible elderly people -- and there may still be more sweltering weeks ahead...
Playing the role of Sofia in Steven Spielberg's 1985 film The Color Purple was a life lesson of its own. Oprah landed the part by a stroke of harmonic convergence. She read Alice Walker's novel, gave copies to friends and said she felt destined to appear in a movie version. When the film's co-producer, Quincy Jones, turned up in Chicago to testify in a lawsuit, he saw Oprah's show and arranged an audition. Oprah regarded the entire experience with near mystical awe. "It was a spiritual evolvement for me," she says. "I learned to love...
...really new, its very heft is impressive. Diet, the report states, helped account for more than two-thirds of the 2.1 million deaths in the U.S. last year. Poor nutritional habits are strongly implicated in five of the nation's top ten killers: coronary heart disease, stroke, atherosclerosis, diabetes and some cancers. Excessive alcohol use is linked to three other leading causes of death: cirrhosis of the liver, accidents and suicide...