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Lynne Newhouse Segal was the picture of robustness. At 59, the slim former lawyer was an avid runner, golfer and yoga practitioner. Segal, who lives in San Francisco, was healthy by nearly every measure - except her cholesterol level, which a routine test four years ago revealed was high. High cholesterol is a key risk factor for heart disease, especially in a patient Segal's age and with her family history (several close relatives had had heart attacks), so her doctor put her on a cholesterol-lowering statin drug as a preventive measure...
Unfortunately, newcomers to the movement will find few guideposts that signal, This way the true believers, that way the dangerous zealots. The ranks of the antifederalist insurgency include plenty of the former: tax protesters, home schoolers, Christian fundamentalists and well-versed Constitutionalists. But the groups also contain an insidious sprinkling of the latter, including neo-Nazis and white supremacists. What binds these diverse elements is a fervent paranoia. The most fearful patriots believe that Soviet fighter jets are on standby in Biloxi, Mississippi, that frequent flyovers by "black helicopters'' signal an imminent occupation by the armies of a one-world...
...Robert Miles, a former Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon who was convicted in 1971 of burning school buses in Pontiac, Michigan, articulated the idea of "leaderless cells," an organizational structure of small autonomous groups that effectively thwarts infiltration and defuses culpability. "Miles compared his new concept to a spider web," says Richard Lobenthal of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. "You can put your hand in it and it gives, and when you remove the hand, it is still there...
...effort to continue promoting the vibrancy of the community—one oft-cited goal of Harvard’s expansion in Allston—during the past year the University has orchestrated the opening of a free ice-skating rink in a former Volkswagen dealership and the disbursing of community development grants to organizations like the Fishing Academy, which sponsors fishing trips for Allston youths. Harvard has also recently leased empty office space from its large real estate holdings in the neighborhood to an environmental nonprofit...
...event included a rally with speeches by student leaders, members of the Cambridge City Council, and Institute of Politics Visiting Fellow and former Seattle Mayor Greg J. Nickels, who led the coalition encouraging mayors to sign on to the goals of the Kyoto Protocol...