Word: helmets
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DIED. Loyal Davis, 86, Chicago brain surgeon and adoptive father of Nancy Reagan; of congestive heart failure; in Scottsdale, Ariz. Developer of a special shrapnel helmet for air crewmen in World War II, he was president of the American College of Surgeons in 1962-63. Davis criticized shoddy medical training, which, he said, meant that half the operations in the U.S. were performed by inadequate surgeons. An outspoken political conservative, he influenced Nancy (whom he adopted when she was 14 after he married her mother) and later his son-in-law Ronald Reagan. Said Nancy of him last...
Like many other students at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). Herman Marshall straps on his helmet each morning and bikes the four miles from his apartment in Medford to the Astrophysics lab. But within the intangible institution of GSAS--which has a scattered student body, a sporadic academic calendar and few buildings of its own--Herman Marshall, as president of the Graduate Student Council (GSC), has a clearly defined role...
Nobody would say Lauda lost his nerve. "Desire" is the right word. In a fearful and fiery 1976 crash in Germany, Lauda's helmet had been ripped off, his left ear burned off, his lungs seared; he was given the last rites. Six weeks later he drove again, and one year later he was champion again. Then Lauda walked away. Why did he come back? "The challenge," he said...
Many polo watchers become addicted. Last Christmas his girlfriend gave Mario Mendoza, 37, a prosperous Cuban-born lawyer, a helmet, mallet and lessons at a polo clinic. "Now," he marvels, "I have seven horses and a groom. I bought a horse trailer and a one-ton truck and five acres of land where I'm building a stable with 24 stalls. Next season I plan to have my own team...
...slalom, since 1975.Also, the strength needed to maintain control at high speeds requires training every day, and Hale doubts she'll have enough on-snow training to take on a downhill race in the next three years. There's a loneliness in knowing you may never put on your helmet and do that again...