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...around the time James Meredith was integrating Ole Miss). In the fullness of time, he became a born-again Christian and crusading lawyer who took up the cause of Nathan Horton, a black carpenter and contractor who smoked two packs of Pall Malls a day, developed emphysema and lung cancer and filed suit against the American Tobacco Co. for $1.5 million in damages in 1986. Horton died in early 1987, but Barrett and the Horton family kept up the fight...
...aaAT fragment was first discovered in human lung cancer cells by O'Reilly, a clinical fellow at the Children's Hospital...
...lawsuit as leverage to get the regulatory measures that failed in Congress, and also get in a slap at the Republicans for killing that bill." Indeed, a jury might find it hard to see the U.S. government as the victim. The generation that is these days dying of lung cancer and emphysema is the same one that went off to World War II with Luckies and Camels enthusiastically included by Uncle Sam in Red Cross packages. But this case seems meant for the negotiating table, not the courtroom. It?s a lawsuit that two years ago Justice didn?t think...
Consider Mike Carr, an environmental engineer and paraglider pilot from Denver who last year survived a bad landing that smashed 10 ribs and collapsed his lung. Paraglider pilots use feathery nylon wings to take off from mountaintops and float on thermal wind currents--a completely unpredictable ride. Carr also mountain bikes and climbs rock faces. He walked away from a 1,500-ft. fall in Peru in 1988. After his recovery, he returned to paragliding. "This has taken over many of our lives," he explains. "You float like a bird out there. You can go as high...
DIED. KIM PERROT, 32, popular point guard who led the Houston Comets to two WNBA championships; of lung cancer; in Houston. Described as the heart and soul of the team, Perrot gave effusive motivational talks, often to kids, throughout her illness...