Word: arlington
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Zestful exuberance is a common characteristic among Weeks' collection of American eccentrics. Dr. Patch Adams, for example, is a general practitioner in Arlington, Va., who runs a clinic called the Gezundheit Institute. Adams, who makes his living by lecturing and putting on educational shows, has a volunteer staff, dresses like a clown to cheer his patients and, even more cheering, does not charge them. "He believes laughter is one of the best medicines," says Weeks...
From work, Helms drives a 1984 Oldsmobile -- he favors used cars -- to his modest home in Arlington, Va., which is furnished in what he calls "ancient fill-in." He slips on his gray Nike running shoes and what Dorothy calls "some old disreputable-looking pants and shirt" and watches the evening news. Often he tunes in Dan Rather, though he urged conservatives a couple of years ago to buy up CBS, which he sees as a citadel of liberalism. His favorite program is Highway to Heaven, about an angel come to earth. "Very inspirational," says Helms...
...cheers up considerably after Hitech makes mincemeat of two more players: an inventory manager for a Racine, Wis., restaurant and a university student from South Bend, Ind. The latter winces as an unfeeling observer calls out, "You didn't let the machine beatcha, did ya?" Contestant Daniel Kamen, an Arlington Heights, Ill., chiropractor, is considerably more empathetic. "It's a monster! You can't blow smoke in its face," he complains. "It doesn't care if you're obnoxious or if you have bad breath. You just can't rattle it. I wouldn't want to play Hitech...
...Eighth District seat, also held by his late uncle, John F. Kennedy '40, represents Cambridge, Somerville, Waltham, Arlington, Belmont, Charlestown and parts of Boston...
Last week Henson received a belated honor when his remains were reinterred at Arlington National Cemetery. The black pioneer now rests next to Peary under a granite marker. Declared Allen Counter, who led the effort to honor the explorer: "We are assembled here today to right a tragic wrong. Welcome home, Matt Henson...