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Democracy came to Mexico last week -- sort of. In the booming border state of Baja California Norte, Ernesto Ruffo Appel, the candidate of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), was declared the victor over Margarita Ortega Villa, the candidate of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (P.R.I.) in the race for governor. Once officially confirmed this week, Ruffo's victory will mark the first time in the 60-year history of the P.R.I. that the party has conceded defeat in such an election. "It is a decisive event," says political analyst Jorge Castaneda, "the first that will have an authentic historic...
Cycling is an especially forgiving sport, which commends it to the millions of Americans who want to tone their muscles without jarring their joints. "You can work about as hard or as leisurely as you want," says Houston Surgeon Michael Appel, 50, who pedals twelve miles to work and back every day. "I can do more vigorous exercise without things beginning to hurt." Unlike the hunchback racers of old, this year's hottest models are more comfortable and more durable than earlier ones. "It's really hard for a good bike to break down these days," says Chuck McCullagh, publisher...
...third ALS casualty from the 1964 squad -- Fullback Gary Lewis. Both Hazeltine and Lewis died earlier this winter. Waters was stunned. Was it mere coincidence? The disease typically strikes 1 in 50,000 Americans a year, yet it hit three teammates on a 55-man squad. Waters' doctor, Stanley Appel, head of neurology at Houston's Baylor College of Medicine, was suspicious too. "Statisticians would tell you that there is still a possibility it's due to chance," he says. "But no matter how you figure it, 3 out of 55 is way out of proportion...
Whether or not Milorganite is to blame, Bob Waters is convinced that the 49ers' cluster is not a coincidence. He has launched a personal crusade to find the cause. Over the past two months, with help from Dr. Appel, Waters has written and mailed questionnaires to 114 former 49ers inquiring about their physical condition, medications they have taken over the years and any unusual environmental exposures they had while on the team. Waters himself remembers taking anabolic steroids, to add muscle bulk, and other drugs...
...Appel, who rode his bike to work for eight years, said the trip made him feel like "the luckiest man in America." After touring the country, he concluded that in "one small town after another, the generosity is wonderful...