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DIED. DICK WEBER, 75, skinny onetime postal worker who became bowling's biggest star at the height of its popularity in the '60s; in Florissant, Mo. The unfailingly polite Hall of Famer helped found the Professional Bowlers Association in 1958 and went on to win 26 tour events and six seniors titles. A self-described ham, he promoted the sport with such exploits as bowling on a Miami beach and taking aim at lava lamps on David Letterman's late-night TV show...
...Arquette says. "She's a housewife. It's that conflict that interests me: trying to be a good mother while at the same time dealing with the dead guy sitting at the kitchen table." The contrast plays out in Allison's gently sparring relationship with her husband Joe (Jake Weber), an engineer. As a scientist, he offers a skeptical counterpoint to her intuitions; as a husband, he deals with such problems as how to throw a surprise party for a wife who can read minds. Their marriage is intellectual, head butting and loving--part Mulder and Scully, part David...
...collagen. The vessels don't expand as well anymore, but the blood keeps rushing through at the same rate, increasing the pressure. The higher the pressure climbs, the more punishment the walls take, and the more collagen is added. "The vessel wall becomes almost like concrete," says Dr. Michael Weber, a past president of the American Society of Hypertension...
...effects, including fatigue, dry cough, and occasional erectile difficulties in men--not surprising, since you're manipulating the body's circulatory hydraulics. When people face a disease that causes no symptoms and a treatment that does, it's no surprise which one they sometimes choose. "You prescribe medication," says Weber, "and within a year, 50% of people quit taking...
...Within the group there was some concern that it would degrade the integrity of CityStep,” said Kimberley C. Weber ’07, who is in charge of publicity for the party. “But ultimately it’s not about us drinking to the kids so much as us making money for the kids...