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...USED to think that nothing would surprise me. When Sasquatch's '68 presidential bid was supressed by the CIA/Better Homes and Gardens axis, I had seen it coming. When Jimmy "The Butcher" Baker quit pro wrestling and changed his last name to Bakker, I had a gut feeling he'd make it big on Sunday TV. When the "Facts of Life" was renewed after its first season, I was surprised just a little bit, at most...
...Petronelli was unconvincing in the next instant when he claimed that his man won them anyway. "Sugar Ray Leonard," the ex-champ said miserably, "of all people." To himself as much as anyone else, Leonard exulted, "I saw every punch coming," and no one should expect him to quit now. Maybe he will next try the light-heavyweight champion, his old friend Hearns. In a way, Leonard has beaten a heavyweight already. He knocked Mike Tyson clear off the stage...
...People have focused on the important idea thatblood pressure, smoking, and cholesterol level arethe three major risk factors that predict thelikelihood of developing heart disease," saidTaylor. "If you quit smoking or lower bloodpressure, you change from a high-risk to alow-risk category. But lowering cholesterol doesnot produce as much change...
Willy Brandt, who served as West German Chancellor from 1969 to 1974, has always enjoyed a reputation as a moody, unpredictable politician. He lived up to that billing last week when he abruptly quit his post as chairman of the Social Democratic Party. A stone-faced Brandt informed his colleagues he was resigning his position because of the "internal criticisms" of his leadership...
...Citadel in South Carolina this fall, white students burned a paper cross in the room of a black, who quit school...