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DIED. GONZALO FONSECA, 74, Uruguayan sculptor whose cryptic carvings, punctuated by unexpected hollows and totemic objects, were influenced by his excavations of pre-Columbian ruins; of a stroke; in Seravezza, Italy...
...Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, which markets Redux, knew about the possibility of brain damage at high doses. But they also knew people who are morbidly obese--individuals who weigh 30% more than average--face even greater risks that they will die young from heart disease, diabetes or stroke. "We made the decision that the benefits outweigh the risks, at least for the population we identified," says Dr. James Bilstad, the FDA official who oversees drugs for metabolic disorders...
DIED. PAT COLLINS, 62, Hollywood's hippest hypnotist; years after a stroke; in San Bernardino, Calif. Cured of hysterical paralysis by hypnosis, according to her account, the mesmerizing blond took the subconscious to nightclubs--with hysterical results. Her Nefertiti eyes sent the suggestible Lloyd Bridges "swimming" through the audience...
...them. (The question for entrepreneurs is how to make money from counting them.) The fin-de-siecle countdown is already ticking away, and cropping up around the world are timepieces great and small, digital and analog, useful and utterly useless. Warning: Some timepieces do not work after the first stroke...
Junior Eric Matuszak's winning performance in the 100 freestyle (44.62), coupled with junior Dave Schwartz's victory in the 200 breast-stroke (2:00.41), increased the Crimson's lead even more...