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...statistics would do a young athlete proud. Blood pressure: 130 over 74. Pulse rate: 57. Weight: 184 lbs., 0 pounds above/below that recommended for a 6-ft. 1-in. male. Yet they belong to a certain 74-year-old whose Oval Office job is mostly sedentary. Ronald Reagan's "overall physical and mental condition is excellent," says Navy Captain Walter Karney, the internist who headed up the team of doctors that administered the examination at the Bethesda Naval Hospital. Reagan's blood pressure this year is even lower than it was last year...
...talented, and so eager to make a success in two minutes," Ormandy once said. "There is a very famous one who wants one leg in Berlin, one in London, one hand in Florence, the other in Paris. It can be done, of course, but you must, in the end, belong to one orchestra." Without question, Ormandy belonged to Philadelphia. Even after he made way for Riccardo Muti in 1980, he remained active as a guest conductor...
...asked if he would be the only white person there. My friend is not prejudiced against minorites, he just thought he would feel uncomfortable if he was different from everybody else. He didn't want the others to stare at him or make him feel like he didn't belong. He didn't even realize that this is the exact same problem that minorities have to deal with every day, especially in this predominantly white atmosphere...
Going further, Eisner points out that none of the bombardier's chemicals are unique to the insect. Hydrogen peroxide is often a by-product of metabolism in the cell. Phenols, the chemical group to which hydroquinones belong, are employed by many plants and primitive animals to heal and disinfect wounds. "The beetle didn't invent anything," says Eisner. "It just found novel uses for existing elements...
...They belong at Fenway, and you belong at Fenway, because there is a unity of fan and player and place that is the Boston Red Sox--more than won-lost records or World Championships ever could...