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Paradoxically, Mantle's regret to his father was a central part of why he was so popular. He didn't become the player he could have because he did exactly what he wanted. He did not want to stop drinking or spend time rehabilitating his chronic knee injuries or conditioning during the off-season. (He says he rarely put time in for such things). He drank, played golf and played baseball. (And, I might add, he did not womanize...
Somehow the conveniences and inconveniences seem to always balance out on average, so that year after year complaints are never translated into significant change. Chronic complaints can be taken to the student advisory board of UHS, and this group usually gets results...
During his years at Harvard, von Stade served as acting master of Kirkland House and later as Mather House master. Citing a chronic back problem, von Stade took early retirement...
...fall into chaotic fragments; but from those many small kingdoms, powers coalesce to form new empires to restore order to the cosmos. A grandiloquent way of saying, Sometimes you're up, sometimes you're down, sometimes you're big, sometimes you're small. For those who believe in such chronic convulsions, the business world last week provided the spectacle of two cycles reaching opposite apogees at once, of simultaneous expansion and fragmentation. But here is the twist on the ancient adage: one corporation divides, the better to thrive; two companies, meanwhile, join for astonishing cash flow--but in so doing...
Reflecting the growing interest in alternative therapies, especially for chronic ailments that mainstream medicine can't cure, more and more health specialists are urging patients to try such homeopathic remedies as ground honeybee for a sore throat, cuttlefish ink for hemorrhoids and bushmaster snake for hot flashes. An estimated 40% of chiropractors--and even some medical doctors--regularly recommend such substances. According to the National Center for Homeopathy, Americans today are spending more than $165 million a year for the preparations, and sales are rising 20% to 25% annually. Says Gilbert Weise Sr. of Jacksonville, Florida: "When I advertise that...