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...lengthen life expectancy and combat chronic disease. Paffenbarger would also conclude that the benefits of exercise could be had even when starting late in life. The researcher practiced what he preached: at age 45, the once sedentary Paffenbarger, who died at 84, became a long-distance runner and eventually ran 22 marathons in Boston alone...
...Travolta hasn't sung in a musical in nearly 30 years, but he was practically born to the form. In the New York City suburb of Englewood, N.J., his Italian father Salvatore owned a tire shop, but his Irish mother Helen ran what John, the youngest of six, calls "the family business": show business. Mom directed local theater works; the other kids acted or studied music. John worked at becoming an actor-dancer-singer, and at 17 he almost won the title role in the Broadway Jesus Christ Superstar. The part he did get that year was in a summer...
...further studies into the influence of a woman's overall physical lifestyle. "If you look at current literature on the subject, it suggests that overall energy balance - not just diet - plays a role in cancer recurrence," Gapstur says. And researchers at the University of California, San Diego, who ran the WHEL Study, are already planning to study how exercise and weight loss impact cancer prevention, according to co-author Rock...
...unfathomable might of a divine being. And they misread the direction of the country. Far from becoming less religious in a postmodern age, Americans remained strongly devout, with 80% or more consistently reporting that religion was an "important" part of their lives. A schism widened between the people who ran the Democratic Party and many religious believers...
...talk about character and values, Democratic leaders rejected the Carter model altogether, effectively opting out of a conversation with Evangelicals. Later, as debate over abortion laws heated up in the 1980s, Democrats compounded the mistake by ceasing to talk to Catholic audiences as well. When Michael Dukakis ran at the head of the ticket in 1988, his campaign turned down all requests for appearances at Catholic institutions...