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...next possession, Harvard scored on a lightning strike by junior running back Chuck Nwokocha, who missed the opener with a hamstring injury. Nwokocha caught the ball in the right flat after a clearout by the receivers, burst up the sideline, cut back to beat Troy Larose, and picked up a Patterson block for a 42-yard touchdown catch and a 18-14 lead...
What are the limitations of a senior athlete? Ligaments and tendons lose some of their fluid content and become less flexible with age. Muscles in older people don't use sugar as well, so the ability to respond with a burst of activity declines...
...Swimming lowers cholesterol and reduces arthritis pain, he says, and it has strengthened his immune system to the point that he gets barely one cold a year. He recognizes, however, that not everyone will share his devotion. "Nobody has to do what I do--pant, feel your lungs will burst--to get results," he says. "Show up three times a week and swim at 60% effort, and you'll get as much health out of the program...
...members, who had allegedly shot him multiple times, claimed he had threatened them with a rifle. L.A.P.D. partners Rafael Perez and Nino Durden had been working undercover in a vacant apartment in a building known as a gang hangout. They said they were forced to shoot Ovando when he burst in. Their story seemed a bit iffy--"He has a semiautomatic with a banana clip, yet they both manage to pull out their pistols and shoot?" asks Tamar Toister, who defended Ovando--but the testimony seemed persuasive, and a jury voted to convict. At sentencing, the judge noted that Ovando...
...Monday, many people realized for the first time that Dan Quayle was actually trying to run for president. Unfortunately for the former veep, this burst of much-needed attention comes only as a result of his decision to drop out of the race for the Republican nomination. Awash in debt, his campaign has struggled not only with financial issues but also what could politely be called a credibility gap ? the shadow of Quayle?s infamous "potatoe" gaffe and his talent for the non-sequitur ("Had I known I was going to Latin America, I would have studied...