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...also gives generously to a number of charities. Last year, for example, she laid out $750,000 to fund ten scholarships at Tennessee State University in Nashville, her alma mater, then followed up with letters to each recipient, challenging a couple of them to get better grades. "My mission is to use this position, power and money to create opportunities for other people," she says...
...last, it is the joggers who are having to get out of the way. On country roads and city streets, on boardwalks, beaches and paths through the park, the vehicle of choice for more and more Americans is the bicycle. But it is no longer just a sturdy ten-speed from Sears: bikers are buying everything from flyweight racers to meaty mountain bikes, from collapsible commuter cycles to three-wheelers for less steady senior citizens. The number of adults who ride regularly has jumped 70% in four years, to 17 million last year, according to the Bicycle Federation of America...
...with most fitness fads, the biking boom has given birth to all manner of gadgetry and fashion trends. Bikers spent $700 million on clothes and accessories last year, a 17% increase over the year before. "Ten years ago, you saw cycling clothing as a pair of lumpy wool shorts and a wool jersey," says Steve Ready of the National Bicycle Dealers Association in Costa Mesa, Calif. "You could have any color you wanted, as long as it was black." Now, he says, the sport is more "visual." Bikes come in fashion colors -- lilac mist, rosebloom, aquamarine -- with bright jerseys...
...diet and health. Though little in it is really new, its very heft is impressive. Diet, the report states, helped account for more than two-thirds of the 2.1 million deaths in the U.S. last year. Poor nutritional habits are strongly implicated in five of the nation's top ten killers: coronary heart disease, stroke, atherosclerosis, diabetes and some cancers. Excessive alcohol use is linked to three other leading causes of death: cirrhosis of the liver, accidents and suicide...
Hurried and hushed negotiations commence. Mary Lou huddles with Sandy and Joyce to discuss logistical changes involved in meeting Josh's request. Dylan will have to return early. Dana too. Within ten minutes, it's settled. Sandy and Joyce will make the round-trip drive on Sunday. Josh will be at practice...