Word: bedded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Through the week the President continued to make steady progress. For the first time since his heart attack he shaved himself. For the first time he sat up in bed without assistance. One day he stood up and took several wobbly steps-a short trip from his bed to an easy chair. Later there were more and longer trips, and by week's end Ike was strolling around his room almost normally. His appetite continued to be hearty, and because of his increased activity the doctors raised his daily caloric intake from 1,600 to 1,800 calories...
Cops set up a makeshift 600-bed dormitory to shelter the meaner criminals, gave temporary freedom to lesser lawbreakers...
...press. He is a man of huge energy, is happiest when the work load is heaviest. He is respected by reporters as an expert craftsman who knows precisely what newsmen need and will do everything in his power to deliver the goods, e.g., he 'was out of bed by 6 a.m. each day for the first two weeks in Denver to see the President and issue a bulletin in time for the first editions of afternoon papers...
...later testified -to a certain address on West 24th Street, which was entered through a secret door at the rear of a toy shop;. There, she said, he showed her into a room swathed in sound-stifling draperies from ceiling to floor, and containing a canopied bed with mirrors set in the top and sides. He offered her champagne. It tasted bitter. "When I became conscious again," she said later, "I didn't have any clothes on, and I was in bed." So was White. Evelyn screamed. "Be quiet," White told her. "It is all over...
...relatively mild case of hypertension, Page and colleagues prescribe the obvious-massive doses of moderation. First, they reassure the patient by explaining what they can do about his disease. Then they advise him to do what he can to avoid fatigue and excitement. He should spend ten hours in bed and take short naps, often. Every extra pound of flesh on the patient means work for the heart, so-reduce. Moderation is also prescribed in smoking and drinking, in exercise and sexual activity...