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...from flowing backward between the chambers on the left side of the heart don't close completely. Even though you feel fine, your insurance company jacks up your premiums, citing research from the past 20 years that shows you're at greater risk of dying suddenly or suffering a stroke. Your dentist makes you take antibiotics every time you get your teeth cleaned to prevent a potentially fatal infection of your defective valve. And your family starts treating you like an invalid...
...term-care unit, staffed by 48 nurses around the clock. In a dayroom, half a dozen elderly men gaze at an ancient TV, mesmerized by Judge Judy. Amputees pushing manually operated wheelchairs queue up at the medication counter, where a cheery nurse dispenses pills for diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Nearby, a delusional man rants that State Road 31 is a barrier protecting him from the Martians. The demand for beds is so great that the prison plans a $23 million expansion that will triple capacity...
DIED. MEL TORME, 73, consummate vocalist known, to his dismay, as the Velvet Fog; of complications from a stroke; in Los Angeles. The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Torme began performing at age four; his voice's preternatural lushness was due in part to a small second growth of tonsil after a tonsillectomy. His artistry, however, was earned, and appreciated by fans from 1940s bobby-soxers to 1990s alternative rockers. Of Torme's musical intelligence, bandleader Buddy Rich once remarked, "When Mel sings, it's like having another horn in the band." Torme played several instruments and was an arranger...
Dunn took her seat, sandwiched between Knowles and Fineberg. At last the murmurs about the "historic moment" and "the beginning of a new era" quieted down. With a stroke of a pen, Sheerr and Rudenstine signed a seven-page statement of intent to merge. And in the burst of applause that followed, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, so long in the making, was born...
Battling 25 mph winds, Dost and Vazzales led the team with combined scores of 156, while MacBean was one stroke back...