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DIED. VIOLA FREY, 70, artist whose colorful, larger-than-life clay sculptures of men and women pushed the boundaries of the refined ceramic medium of the 1950s and '60s; of colon cancer; in Oakland, Calif. Her 9-ft.-high, robust, cartoonish figures--a fusion of Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art and what was later known as California Funk--were comical but politically pointed: a 2002 work, Man Kicking World, shows a seated man pushing a massive globe with his foot...
...also made failed bids for MLB’s Cincinnati Reds, the Oakland Athletics as well as the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens...
...panoply of initiatives that would bring the government between you and your waistline. President Bush earmarked $125 million in his budget for the encouragement of healthy lifestyles. State legislatures and school boards have begun banning snacks and soda from school campuses and vending machines. Several state legislators and Oakland, Calif., Mayor Jerry Brown, among others, have called for a "fat tax" on high-calorie foods. Congress is considering menu-labeling legislation that would force chain restaurants to list fat, sodium and calories for each item...
...Wednesday, shortly before the Red Sox played the Oakland Athletics, Morgalis, Harvard assistant coach Matt Hyde, and Hendricks—his arm wrapped in ice—milled around the Sox clubhouse, chatting with players and watching NASCAR on the clubhouse TV. Stars like Curt Schilling and Manny Ramirez zoomed right and left, preparing for batting practice and warm...
Stenhouse, who tied the record in 1978 and is also the school record-holder in single-season batting average (.475), was a 1979 Oakland A’s first-round draft pick—how many of those have come from Harvard?—and made his MLB debut with the Montreal Expos in 1982. He played three seasons with the Expos and one with the Twins before retiring in 1986 with the Red Sox. Yes, those...