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DIED. LOU THESZ, 86, wrestling champion of the 1940s and '50s who competed in 6,000 matches over seven decades; in Orlando, Fla. Known as a hooker--a master of the sport's most complex and dangerous moves--Thesz was critical of gimmicky antics. "I'm a wrestler," he said, "not a wrassler, not a clown...
...business: a proprietary wireless system that would allow physicians to check medical records and write prescriptions on handheld computers. All he needed to launch the product that his company was developing was a partner with an established customer base. So he approached Medical Manager Health Systems of Tampa, Fla., whose software had helped thousands of doctors manage their medical practices. In return for access to those physicians, says Pass, 45, he gave plans for his wireless system to John Kang, then co-CEO at Medical Manager. But after he handed over his company's secrets in November 2000, Pass alleges...
...Within a year of Griffith's film, the Chicago-based brothers George and Noble Johnson had set up the Lincoln Motion Picture Company and released "The Realization of a Negro's Ambition." Soon entrepreneurs, black and white, were making black-cast pictures in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Jacksonville, Fla. - virtually everywhere but Hollywood. Eventually some 500 race films were made and were shown in an equal number of segregated movie houses...
...enroll in a clinical trial. If you are taking part in a trial, you should be aware that your safety is often the last priority. And never forget that you are not a patient being treated; you are a subject in an experiment. NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST Tampa, Fla...
...again Christian who has lately positioned himself as the most ardent Zionist in Congress. At the grass roots, Jews say they feel a growing solidarity with Fundamentalist Christians about Israel. "I listen to Rush Limbaugh now," says Moira Klein, 72, a liberal Jewish retiree who lives in Boca Raton, Fla., "and I like what I hear." Republicans hope that they will be hearing more from Jewish voters like her in November...