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DIED. PAT MORITA, 73, actor nominated for an Academy Award for his quietly wise, wry Mr. Miyagi, the martial-arts mentor in 1984's The Karate Kid and its three sequels; of natural causes; in Las Vegas. Born in California to migrant fruit-pickers, Morita lived in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. At 30, the aspiring comic gave up his day job to focus on acting, first winning national fame as Arnold, owner of the restaurant favored by Fonzie and friends in the sitcom Happy Days...
...labor market for physically demanding, low-wage jobs in agriculture, construction and hospitality. "In fact, we have to compete for [illegal workers] now," says Jay Taylor, president of Taylor & Fulton Farms, a tomato concern based in Palmetto, Fla. "It used to be migrant workers were just vegetable-and-fruit pickers or housekeepers. But look at the incredible housing boom we've had in Florida in recent years. Now they're being sought out by roofing contractors, lawn-maintenance companies, the hotel and restaurant industry. The native-born American worker stopped coming to us several generations...
...DIED. PAT MORITA, 73, actor nominated for an Academy Award for his wise, wry Mr. Miyagi, the martial-arts mentor in 1984's The Karate Kid and its three sequels; in Las Vegas. Born in California to migrant fruit-pickers, Morita lived with his family in a U.S. internment camp for Japanese during World War II. The aspiring comic entered show business at 30 and first won national fame as Arnold, manager of the teen hangout in the 1970s-'80s sitcom Happy Days...
...deaths worldwide can be associated with nine avoidable risk factors, a study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers has found. In a report published in the UK medical journal The Lancet, the scientists attributed 2.43 million cancer deaths in 2001 to modifiable factors, such as obesity, low fruit and vegetable intake, lack of exercise, smoking, alcohol, unsafe sex, and urban air pollution. HSPH Assistant Professor of International Health Majid Ezzati, the lead researcher of the study, said that smoking is the leading cause of death from cancer by some measures, making up 21 percent of all cancer-related...
...brewer's art. In dimly lit surroundings, old enameled advertisements and colorful backlit beer posters adorn the walls, while wooden beer kegs double as tables. It's here that customers can risk curiosities like Tahitian Hinano beer, Baadog from Mongolia, Black Sheep from the Faroe Islands, and fruit and chocolate beers. For $150 you can try a bottle of Framboise Boon 1986, an award-winning, vintage, limited-edition, microbrewed raspberry beer?no wonder it's so pricey. There's a legion of glasses in a plethora of sizes and shapes?the bartenders know which container best complements which drink...