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Though adaptive responses keep the body running for a while, even for months if some food and water are available, prolonged starvation eventually disrupts vital processes. Says Dr. Buford Nichols Jr. of Houston's Baylor College of Medicine: "You keep falling back, like a military withdrawal, but finally the body just collapses." Adds Dr. Myron Winick of New York City's Columbia University Institute of Nutrition: "Victims of starvation have to adapt. But once they do, they have a very small margin for error." Death comes in many ways. The intestinal walls become damaged; severe and constant diarrhea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Body Eats Itself | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

...smart money says the Angels are a flawed team: too many injuries, no shortstop, little speed, middling defense. Still, the offense can erupt against any pitcher. Says Slugger Baylor: "We put a lot of sixes and sevens on the Scoreboard." One thing the Angels do have is the peppy slogan required of all Cinderella teams. For the 1969 Mets it was "You gotta believe"; for the 1979 Angels, "Yes, we can." After last week's clincher, Manager Jim Fregosi unveiled a T shirt with the inevitable updating: YES, WE DID. If the team can say that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Those High-Flying Angels | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

...winner here, and we want to support you." Nixon attended 20 games, 14 of which the Angels won. "Earlier this season he was 6-1," says an Angels spokesman, "but the team slowed down." Some of the players like having Nixon kicking around. Says the former President: "Donny Baylor tells me he needs me here to get those hits. So if it takes me to be here, I'll drop whatever I'm doing to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Fan from San Clemente | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

Pitching in relief of starter and winner Mike Flanagan, Stanhouse entered in the top of the ninth with a 9-6 lead. A walk and several hits suddenly put the tying and go-ahead runs on second and third and Don Baylor, the American League's RBI champion, at the plate. Oriole manager Earl Weaver elected to walk Baylor and pitch instead of Downing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Birds Take Second Game, 9-8, May Eliminate Angels Tonight | 10/5/1979 | See Source »

...human potential, at least during the brief span of a game. Lynn spent most of the year in pursuit of the Triple Crown, and he's a fair bet for the Most Valuable Player award, though it might go to either Ken Singleton of the Orioles or Don Baylor of the Angels. Lynn, meanwhile, whiffs--but what a great whiff...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Fenway Finale: Finishing With a Whimper | 10/3/1979 | See Source »

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