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According to legend, King Charles IX of France was brought to his deathbed by his passion for sounding lung-lacerating halloos on the hunting horn. True or not, the fine art of horn blowing was for generations a popular musical diversion of Europe's landed aristocracy and an accepted measure of the virility of its practitioners (Louis XIII boasted he could blow a whole day without weakening). Although blue-blooded huntsmen have long lamented the passing of the horn's heartier days, few have addressed themselves to the problem with the energy of Belgium's 59-year...
...Admirals jumped into an early lead, rowing a lung-bursting 41 strokes a minute. But the younger college boys in the other crews hung on. Undefeated Cornell was closest, followed by Washington, Yale, Wisconsin. The Admirals could not keep it up. Slowly, the big Yale crew inched by; Cornell crept up. In the last 500 meters the Admirals made a final bid. It failed, and they fell back. The triumphant Yale crew slipped past the finish to win the Olympic berth by an easy three-quarters of a length over Cornell, whose closing drive brought them in second, a full...
Died. Michael Arlen (real name: Di-kran Kouyoumdjian), 60, glossy British novelist (The Green Hat) and short-story writer (These Charming People), wealthy fashion-plate-about-Mayfair in the '20s; of lung cancer; in Manhattan...
...spread, are indeed often curable. But they may soon spread to vital parts. "The surgeon is constantly reducing the number of anatomical structures that are essential to life, but at this time there appears to be a limit beyond which he cannot hope to go. The brain, heart, some lung tissue, and other organs will probably be indispensable for some time. The [cancers] involving these parts are threats to life from the time of their origin...
...much-touted sex difference, the Drs. Mills found none. Women in city, suburb and country had about the same lung-cancer rates as nonsmoking men in the same areas. They concluded that the rate appears lower in women because fewer pick the combination of heavy smoking and driving in heavy traffic...