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They will be difficult to replace, but a strong contingent of sophomore arms has another year of experience under its belt...
...BELT AND THE BUCKLE...
...decades, scientists have recognized a distinctive belt of eight Southern states where the incidence of stroke is significantly higher than the national average. But a recent study revealed that in one portion of that region, in an area that parallels the Atlantic seaboard, strokes are even more prevalent. Dubbed the Buckle (of the Stroke Belt, that is), these 153 counties in Georgia and the Carolinas have lower average incomes than the rest of the Belt. Scientists thought there must be a relationship between poverty and stroke mortality, but the study shows that only 5% to 16% of the Belt...
...some, the goal of lifting is increasing the weight one lifts until one has conquered the machine. To others, it seems, the goal is to show off one's presumed strength by strutting the length of the room wearing a huge leather support belt. Most of us fall into neither of these categories, delighted to do what we can when even the smallest amount of weight is a challenge to lift...
...either dead or withering in Fujimori's squalid prisons. Only Hugo Avalleneda, who remains at large, is considered an organizing threat. Fujimori has repeatedly insisted that Peru's widespread poverty does not produce terrorism; instead, he blames terrorists for perpetuating it. Now, with such a dramatic victory under his belt, the President may have to face without excuse what many consider his true Achilles' heel: Peru's top-heavy economy. While inflation has fallen from more than 7,000 percent at the time of his election in 1990 to around 10 percent today, the vast majority of Peru's population...