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...more minor yet disturbing point about the novel is the scattering of scatological jokes and references to Coco the dog's bowel movements. In one revolting scene, Coco suffers heat stroke and Reilly must administer a cold-water enema to the dog not once but three times. We are given the details in their full glory, not only about the enemas but of Coco's explosive bowel movements as well. Consider Reilly's deep thoughts about how he must cure Coco's home-sickness: "There are worse things, I suppose, than having to give a dog an ice water enema...
Even if your blood pressure is only bordering on the high side, you should work to lower it. A study released last week suggests that the risk of heart attack and stroke is substantially reduced when you lower your diastolic pressure (the lower number) to 83, from the currently recommended level...
...Cholesterol, the fatty substance crucial to cell functioning, contributes to atherosclerosis, a narrowing of the arteries, which is a major cause of heart disease. My level is not alarmingly high, but vascular disease is rampant among males in my family, resulting in generations of heart attack and stroke...
Although Harvard finished fifth, sixth and 12thin its only fall tournaments, there were hints ofpotential. After a nightmarish first day at theDartmouth Invitational, for instance, Harvarderupted in the next round with score of 296, withevery Crimson golfer breaking the 80-stroke mark.That second-day surge boosted Harvard to onlythree points behind league-foe Dartmouth and intoa respectable fifth place in the 12-team field...
...only expectation the lightweight women had going into this season was that we were going to have to work extremely hard to be competitive against each of the teams we raced," said captain and stroke Amy Mecklenburg...