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DIED. KIRBY PUCKETT, 45, Hall of Fame outfielder who led the Minnesota Twins to World Series titles in 1991 and 1994; of a stroke; in Phoenix, Ariz. Before Game 6 of the 1991 Series, he famously told team-mates, "Tonight I'm drivin' the bus, boys," then hit two homers to force a Game 7--which the Twins won to capture the title...
...years, their best measure for how dangerous excess weight could be was body mass index (BMI), a formula that combined height and weight. A high BMI meant that you were carrying too much body mass for your height, putting you at risk of developing diabetes, hypertension, heart disease or stroke. The problem, as physicians quickly found out, was that body mass includes not just excess body fat but muscle as well. So fit people with dense muscle mass would consistently register as overweight and unhealthy. That led Dr. Jean-Pierre Despres, of Laval University in Quebec, to champion another measure...
...amazed by the seriousness and the energy that is brought to searching.” Casey brings seriousness and energy to pursuits outside of University Hall as well as inside. A national champion last year in three swimming events, Casey practices his butterfly stroke in Blodgett Pool at 5:30 a.m. every day. “My days can be—at both Brown and Harvard—very intensive intellectually, politically, socially,” said Casey, who has been swimming since he was five. “It’s a nice balance...
...junior, Goffredo, who led the way for the Crimson offensively—scoring a game-high 22 points and connecting on 5-of-9 from three-point range. After misfiring on his first three attempts from the floor and two tries from distance, Goffredo found his stroke late in the first half and continued to stretch out the Columbia defense, going a perfect 3-for-3 from long range in the second half...
...DIED. SUN YUN-SUAN, 92, former Taiwan Premier and heir apparent to President Chiang Ching-kuo until a stroke forced him to withdraw from public life in 1984; in Taipei. An electrical engineer who rose to become president of the Taiwan Power Company before entering politics, Sun played a key role in the island's rapid economic development, guiding the creation of its prominent semiconductor industry. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian hailed him as "the creator of Taiwan's 'economic miracle...