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Heart attacks, stroke, hypertension, gall bladder disease, cervical cancer, benign tumors, blood clots, diabetes: all have been linked to the Pill. Now a twelve-year study of 16,000 women in California suggests that the fears about oral contraceptives may be exaggerated. The findings to be published this summer may well be disputed once they are examined by other researchers. But the study's research director, Dr. Savitri Ramcharan, argued last week that "the risks of the Pill, if they exist at all, are negligible...
...adult?with two hands for both his forehand shot and his backhand, the same way he wielded a hockey stick. Since the only way he knew to swing a racquet was the wristy stroke of the table-tennis player, he flicked tennis balls the same way. The Borg topspin thus was born. By all that is classic in the sport, everything about Borg's strokes was wrong. But his mother remembers one thing that was right: "Even then he loved to play. Even then he hated to lose. Even in his pretend games, he always wanted...
Trailing by almost two-and-a-half lengths with a mile and a half to go, the Crimson created its own version of a magic mile as coxswain Ted Tsomides and stroke Matt Arrot called a well-timed power ten and the boat began to move on the Elis...
...pulse rate is 72, his blood pressure is 140/95, his vision is normal, and his doctors last week pronounced him in excellent condition. Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, 66, who suffered a stroke last year and a massive heart attack three years ago, is embroiled in domestic political troubles and immersed in a crisis with the Palestinians. But he seems to thrive on this diet of adversity. As feisty and autocratic as ever, Begin talked about his multiple problems last week with TIME Jerusalem Bureau Chief Dean Fischer in an hour-long interview. Excerpts...
...model, González explained his main thrusts: a mixed economy with little nationalization, a firm commitment to join the European Economic Community and greater personal freedom for all Spaniards. Groused Communist Leader Santiago Carrillo: "This is not a program of the left." He was correct. In one stroke, González had proposed to sweep Spain's leftist ideology into the past and allay conservative fears of a renewed bloody confrontation with the Socialists. Editorialized Spain's leading news paper, El Pais: "This is the speech of a candidate for Premier...