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...American soldiers to do things like interrogate suspected Nazi collaborators. He brought with him a little typewriter that he carried across Europe, writing all the time. On D-Day he was part of an infantry regiment that landed on the beach at Normandy. By August, Salinger's regiment had fought its way to Paris and from there pushed on to Germany. In the autumn and winter he would be involved in some of the most horrific campaigns of the war, including the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, a months-long slugfest in freezing, muddy, mine-infested woods...
...already too late for Tom McHale, one of the CTE victims Hadley examined in McKee's lab. A nine-year NFL vet who became an ebullient restaurateur after he retired in 1995, McHale suddenly lost interest in his work - and life - about four years ago. He couldn't focus, fought addictions to painkillers and cocaine, and died of a drug overdose at a friend's apartment in 2008. McHale was 45. "He went in, lay down and didn't wake up," says his widow Lisa, a mother of three sons, ages 15, 12 and 10. "God, if you would have...
...initially refused to pay for a pressure-supported mattress. He inserted a catheter every three hours. He gave Chris medications every six hours. He slept on the floor next to Chris. His care commenced at 7:30 a.m. and did not end until 3:30 the following morning. He fought with the insurance company over virtually every piece of equipment that was needed. The company finally agreed to pay 50% of the costs, but the Canaleses' expenses the first year were still $60,000. (See pictures of eccentric college mascots...
...round-robin weekend tournament, which also featured No. 23 Auburn University, No. 27 Virginia Tech, College of Charleston, and Indiana University. Day one was not kind to Harvard, as the squad fell in 10 out of 12 matches to the highest-ranked opponent at the competition. But the Crimson fought back throughout the weekend, recording several key wins to keep the team in the tournament...
...position, rookie Sophie Chang, ranked 95th nationally, rallied back to defeat Monika Mical in the second and third sets after falling to Mical in the first set, 6-3. Chang fought for each point in the final two sets against Mical to come out ahead...