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These are classic symptoms of a heart attack, or what doctors call a myocardial infarction. Such attacks occur all too frequently in the U.S., striking one American every 21 seconds. They can hit suddenly, without any obvious hint of previous disease, when coronary arteries pinch shut in a spasm. But they usually result from a lifelong buildup of fatty deposits in the arteries that nourish the heart. If these coronary vessels become badly obstructed, the flow of vital blood and oxygen is reduced or cut off entirely. When that happens, parts of the heart are starved. It is the death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: When a Heart Attack Hits ... | 6/1/1981 | See Source »

First, she actively recruited. The 1978 squad consisted of only ten players--enough for a starting lineup and one pinch hitter, but not respectability. In the spring of 1979, however, Ippolito managed to convince 50 people that they wanted to play club softball...

Author: By Gwen Knapp, | Title: Betty Ippolito | 5/22/1981 | See Source »

...only year in which both teams in the Fall Classic had a pinch-hit home run. Name the sluggers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Baseball Trivia Quiz: Final Examination | 5/20/1981 | See Source »

...with their ballyhooed signing of free-agent Outfielder Dave Winfield, the Orioles were quietly acquiring less expensive but perhaps equally valuable utility players. Manager Earl Weaver, the man of a million statistics and even more stratagems, gleefully analyzed his new acquisitions: "First we got Jim Dwyer, who can both pinch hit and shore up our late-inning outfield defense. He can play first base too, so that gives us options in the infield as well. Then there's José Morales, who batted .303 as a designated hitter with Minnesota last year. He can DH and pinch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Boys of Spring | 4/20/1981 | See Source »

Munsingwear feels the pinch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Girdle Grapple | 4/6/1981 | See Source »

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