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Harold Amos, who was Harvard Medical School’s first black department chair, died from complications of a stroke in Boston...
...noting wryly that the PT used to oppose pension reform. "They understand now that what causes poverty in Brazil is the excessive size of the state." Will Brazil's Congress understand that too? Lula's bond with the governors, who wield considerable influence over their congressmen, was a critical stroke. But the PT holds only 14 of Brazil's 81 Senate seats and 91 of the lower chamber's 513. In a bid for the support necessary to pass the reforms more quickly, Lula took the risky decision to back former President José Sarney for president of the Senate...
DIED. JOE CONNELLY, 85, who, with partner Bob Mosher, created Leave It to Beaver, The Munsters and other TV sitcoms; of complications from a stroke; in Newport Beach, Calif. A veteran of such '40s radio shows as Amos 'n Andy, he based the Beaver on his own son Ricky. In its six years on the air in the late 1950s and early '60s, and endlessly in reruns since, Leave It to Beaver created one of TV's most charming, unforced portrayals of the world through the eyes...
...suffered a tough loss in the second slot. The Crimson sophomore dropped the first two games 9-7 and 9-3 before clawing her way back to take the next two, 9-5 and 9-3. But Gross recovered to take the last game 10-8 on a questionable stroke call on match ball...
...DIED. MONGO SANTAMARIA, 80, Cuban-born percussionist who fused American jazz, funk and R. and B. with Afro-Cuban sounds in such standards as Afro Blue, made famous by John Coltrane, and a popular 1963 rendition of Herbie Hancock's Watermelon Man; following a stroke; in Miami. A veteran of the Tito Puente Orchestra, Santamaria recorded albums ranging from salsa and contemporary soul to congo-driven percussion and chanting...