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Tolstoy tried to resolve the first through a homegrown faith that amounted to a churchless Christianity. He shunned organized religion and city life for rustic self-sufficiency among the muzhiks (peasants) at his estate, Yasnaya Polyana (Bright Glade). He preached against the evils of meat, alcohol, tobacco and fornication. He believed a Christian should make his own shoes and empty his own chamber...
...health officials hope the new Surgeon General's report will have the same galvanizing effect on the public's eating habits that the 1964 Government warning about tobacco had on smoking. Koop sees plenty of similarities. Both areas, he says, have been fraught with "controversy and misunderstanding." But with one significant difference: "The depth of the science underlying this report's findings is even more impressive than that for tobacco and health in 1964." Now that the Surgeon General has spoken, will Americans listen...
What sort of men get high ratings from this publication? Few score higher than Sen. Jesse Helms (R-North Carolina). Helms is the biggest opponent of civil rights in the Senate, and the strongest backer of (anti-family?) government handouts to (anti-moral?) tobacco producers, a fact Biblical Scoreboard never reveals. The magazine also doesn't mention Helms' record of opposing programs which help the poor and the sick...
...bravery of Ryan, John, Sutton and Nettles as each game they pray that the mind can still command the muscles, that cunning can compensate for crumbling coordination. Men in their 40s are not meant to be gladiators; they are designed to be potbellied third-base coaches spitting tobacco juice, and gray-haired managers storming out of the dugout...
When nothing else works, the intimidating presence of the 220-lb. Carrasco, a champion boxer in his college days, can make the difference. "He's a top sergeant, shouting 'This is your last chance! Without training, you're going nowhere!' " recalls Alumnus Carlos Porras, now a tobacco salesman who owns a house complete with swimming pool...