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...avocados and walnuts--actually improve cholesterol levels in the blood and significantly reduce the risk that the heart will suddenly stop. As for the bad fats, there are now two villains instead of just one. Saturated fats--typically found in red meat, butter and ice cream--are still champion artery cloggers. But trans fats--found primarily in processed foods, such as margarines and many commercially baked or fried foods but also in whole milk--may be even worse...
...killing of West African immigrant Amadou Diallo by four police officers. The N.Y.P.D. yanked his escort for the next few nights, claiming it had been, after all, only a courtesy. Springsteen didn't sing Skin in his next two outings, and--presto!--his police detail was restored. Did the champion of the workingman back down? Maybe he just appreciated anew the lyrics of his song Thunder Road: "The door's open, but the ride it ain't free...
...took only three years for Lis Lambert to go from a walk-on who never considered herself an athlete to an NCAA Champion...
Ranked second in the field and fifth in the country before the race, the Black and White staked it’s claim to the top, beating the five-time defending champion Brown crew by an open-water margin of five seconds. While still staying on a determined course for the NCAA Championships, the victory serves as a microcosm of the team’s development through the season...
...margin of four seconds over Wisconsin, capturing the sixth national championship for men’s heavyweight crew in Harvard history. A strong third-place showing from a previously undefeated second varsity boat helped garner the Ten Eyck trophy, as well, presented to the overall points champion of the IRA races...