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...wickedly luxurious. Actually, according to a recent Consumer Reports calculation, a half-cup serving of superpremium vanilla ice cream contains only 267 calories, compared with 363 for a 5-oz. piece of homemade apple pie. A 154-lb. person, nutritionists say, can burn off half a dish in 21.2 min. of moderate skiing, 87.6 min. of golfing or painting furniture, or 188.6 min. of lying down and daydreaming. The difficulty, of course, lies with those of us for whom half a cup of ice cream is a trifling preamble to an evening of empty-the-carton...
Such stories are frighteningly common. Someone is killed in a drunk-driving accident in the U.S. every 23 min., an annual toll of more than 26,000. Yet a drunk driver is rarely arrested, and the possibility of stiff punishment is remote...
...obstacle to getting tough. An M.I.T. chemistry professor and a Massachusetts lawyer have concluded that since the amount of alcohol in a person's blood often increases for as long as two hours after he consumes his last drink, any test for intoxication should occur within 30 min. of the crime. Police rarely can meet that deadline. Thus many prosecutors may soon see their best evidence picked to pieces...
...actual Channel crossing lasted only 1 hr. 25 min...
First Baseman Dave Koza did not get to bed on April 18. That night, Koza and his teammates on the Class AAA Pawtucket (R.I.) Red Sox began the longest game in the history of professional baseball, an 8-hr. 7-min., 32-inning endurance contest with the visiting Rochester (N.Y.) Red Wings. The game was finally called at 4:09 the next morning with the score tied 2-2. Since then, Koza, 26, has caught up on his sleep-and spun a few dreams. "I've been thinking about being the hero," Koza said...