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...many other campaign rituals, faintly ridiculous. "All right, well, this is the church," he says. "These trees are tulip trees. And as you can see, it's one of those great stone churches." He tells us how his father, a bank president who suffered from calcified arthritis of the spine, used to "sit and look out at this churchyard, and it gave him a sense of peace, because it was always green, and it was always peaceful, and it was, um, a wonderful place." He pauses for a beat. "O.K., that's the church. Now we'll see the bank...
BACK TO SCHOOL Students carry more stuff in backpacks these days, including laptops and athletic clothes. Doing so the wrong way, warns the American Physical Therapy Association, can lead to back pain and even scoliosis--especially for pubescent girls, who are at greater risk for curvature of the spine. APTA's advice: buy packs with wide straps (narrow ones can cut off circulation), wear both straps, and make sure the pack is no more than 15% to 20% of body weight...
Janet Lasley has always been a pretty impressive boss. President of Lasley Construction, a home-renovation-and-restoration business she founded 14 years ago in Rocky Hill, N.J., she taught herself sign language to communicate with one of her first employees, who was hearing impaired. When she cracked her spine on the job 12 years ago, Lasley hired two extra workers and managed them from bed. After she recovered, she kept the replacements on and found enough new work to keep everybody busy. In 1995 Lasley took another big step--one that is rare in the world of small construction...
When you break your neck and sever your spine, leaving your legs and hands paralyzed, you don't expect to drive a car. Of course, driving isn't your first concern. There are more elementary needs, like getting across a room or lifting a fork or signing your name...
...center. At Providence College, "he wanted to get away from Washington," says former roommate Jim Vallee, who remembers that their early years were not "terribly political." But by his junior year, Patrick had found his focus, in part because of life-threatening surgery to remove a tumor near his spine. In 1988 he ran for the Rhode Island state legislature and, after spending more than $80,000, became at 21 the youngest Kennedy ever elected to office...