We're finding out the long-term consequences of repeated blows to the head, and it's not pretty.
But the Tohoku earthquake may not deliver any devastating blows to U.S. and Bermuda reinsurance firms.
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Their cases share a common thread -- repeated concussions, sub-concussive blows to the head, or both.
He played 20 seasons in the NFL and allegedly suffered repeated blows to the head.
Arthur Brumhill's body was found with blows to the head in Wellingborough Road, Northampton, in 1993.
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The 1973-74, 1980 and 1982 recessions dealt death blows to the incoherent conglomerates created during the 1960s.
The kingdom has about 4 million bpd of spare capacity and can cushion further blows to production.
The Times of India said Singh's death is "the latest in a series of blows to India-Pakistan ties".
Police in Sicily have recently dealt a string of devastating blows to the Mafia, called the Cosa Nostra.
Both would be significant blows to the bottom line of credit card issuers.
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It is poised to deliver harsh blows to regions that already took a lot of punishment in the fall.
However, agricultural subsidies favouring US farmers have dealt severe blows to African efforts to compete in the food market.
Seau suffered sub-concussive and concussive blows to the head in the NFL, sometimes lacerating his face, court papers said.
In the past two weeks, there have been two further blows to confidence.
The Filipino landed 73 blows to Hatton's 18, 65 of them power punches, while Hatton only landed with two jabs.
The king had suffered two severe blows to the head, either of which would have been fatal, according to Appleby.
Yet Ms Lovell contends that they administered only the final blows to an empire that was already on the brink.
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In the Korean sport Tae Kwon Do, competitors earn points for landing blows to certain areas of an opponent's body.
He was posthumously diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain ailment that is caused by repeated blows to the head.
The latest in a series of blows to the profession came three months ago, from a subcommittee headed by Senator Lee Metcalf.
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The league moved up the kickoff line, increased fines for players that deliver blows to the head and implemented standardized concussion testing.
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It deals some heavy blows to the reputations of most of the characters (although Mr Obama comes out of it pretty much unscathed).
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At 08:30 GMT the next morning a shop assistant arrived, finding Mr Brumhill's body with several heavy blows to the head, the force said.
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In other high-contact sports, several former boxers and football players have developed traumatic brain injuries believed to be caused by repeated blows to the head.
So far, publicity around the litigation has centered on players who incurred countless blows to the head and have been diagnosed with dementia and memory loss.
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Recently, neurologists have suggested that such blows to the head could be deceptively severe, even if the player does not feel any pain or show any symptoms.
Turner believes the ALS results from blows to the head he received while in the NFL. He also wants to donate his spinal cord after he dies.
It was key man Samaraweera who continued to strike raising his century off 104 deliveries, while Perera landed some lusty blows to take the game away from India.
Some men show evidence of other wounds, including a cut to the pelvis, blows to the chest and stomach, and defensive injuries to the hands, the council said.
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