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Such care is often best given at home with the support of family and friends. Indeed, the first U.S. hospice, established in New Haven, Conn., in 1971, is only now erecting its own 44-bed building as a backup for its home care. It will continue to rely largely on home visits by staff nurses and dedicated volunteers. That home technique has been widely and successfully emulated. Says Dr. Walter Norley, 62, who is dying of bone cancer and is being cared for at home by Riverside Hospice in Boonton, N.J.: "I don't know whether...
Captain Paul Halas, letterman Dave Knoll and newcomer Joel Mazur will handle backup infield duties, though Halas (.317 last year) will probably spend most of his season starting in left field...
...sweetness and light left Yankee newcomers somewhat bewildered. Remarked Backup First Baseman Jim Spencer: "Every day I keep looking around for someone to take a swing at someone else, and I haven't seen it. Considering what I read in the paper last year, I'm surprised." Reserve Catcher Fran Healy, last season's peacemaker, laughs off such wretched expectations: "There's not as much shooting here as in a Clint Eastwood movie, but we do our best...
...kidneys continue to work at the same rate and apparently filter more protein out of a smaller volume of blood. Exercise also seems to cause constriction of the efferent arterioles, the vessels that lead out of the glomeruli, the kidney's filtration units. The result is a backup that increases pressure in the glomeruli and makes them more permeable, allowing proteins and blood cells to pass through the glomerular membranes and ultimately into the urine...
...both coaches search for the quick-strike, unpredictable play. Red Miller has been known to gamble on fourth down; a faked field goal against Oakland during a regular-season matchup resulted in the touchdown. That fact is less amazing than the target of the completed pass from Holder-Backup Quarterback Norris Weese: venerable Kicker Jim Turner, 36, who is enough of a football fossil to wear high-top black shoes. It was the first pass reception of his 14-year pro career. Landry has inserted special big plays into his offense for three late-season games, and each...