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...These teams are paid to play golf," Body said, referring to the golf scholarships awarded at both CCSU and the University of Hartford, the runner-up by one stroke...
While Gaviria's move is at least partly attributable to his frustration over what he sees as a lack of support from Washington, some U.S. officials contend that the President's action is also a psychological master-stroke. They say the decree has the dual effect of moderating an unpopular policy and sowing doubt among the narcotraffickers, who will be forced to wonder who among them has been cooperating with the government...
...years ago, I started to use a true story about Mother Teresa to illustrate how all New Yorkers, living in what I believe could be considered a rather challenging environment, find themselves trying to get a little edge. Around 1987, Mayor Koch was briefly hospitalized with a slight stroke, and a few days later he got a surprise visit from Mother Teresa, who happened to be in town to establish a hospice. She told him he had been in her prayers, and he took the occasion to say that New York was grateful for her presence and that she should...
...definition of borderline is not clear-cut. In general, scientists see blood pressure as a continuum: the higher the reading, the greater the risk of stroke and heart disease. But for practical purposes, doctors often set a cutoff point at 140/90, urging patients whose pressure is above that level to seek treatment. (The 140 is a measure of systolic pressure, the maximum force with which the heart expels blood; the 90 indicates diastolic pressure, the strength of blood flow between beats.) But in this study of nearly 1,000 patients, the researchers found that even people with a mean blood...
...Brennan remains keen of mind, but his body is ailing. He fainted about three weeks ago while waiting to board a plane at Newark airport, but revived and went on to take a Scandinavian cruise. After his return to Washington, however, doctors told him he had suffered a mild stroke and urged him to ease up, advice Brennan took. On Friday night he sent a hand-delivered letter to the White House. Citing "my advancing age and medical condition," Brennan wrote that he was resigning "effective immediately...