Word: beds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That's right--another week. Why did they open the dorms before opening the dining halls? That's like giving us bed frames without mattresses, or keys but no door locks. Hello, Harvard people, it's called "room and board," not just "room...
...tech gear that monitors their circulatory, respiratory and nervous systems. With their face masks and unique watches that measure and record heart and pulse rates, they look like astronauts in training--an apt resemblance as it turns out. "If you go up in space for three weeks, stay in bed for three weeks or age 30 years," says Nadel, "the wasting that goes on in the muscles, bones and water volume is remarkably similar." The seniors in the program are so pleased by the immediate benefits of the assorted aerobic and muscle-stretching exercises that they seem undaunted...
...sure they monitor the effects of medications on blood pressure. "It's a question of fine-tuning the medication, not eliminating it," she says. To help seniors maintain steadier blood pressure, she instructs them in minor adjustments in routine: sit for a minute or two before getting out of bed; clench and release the fists and wiggle the ankles throughout the day; and stay away from shoes with sticky rubber bottoms, which are as treacherous as slippery soles. She also advises them in the strategic placement of rudimentary safety equipment. This is pretty simple stuff--but highly effective. Within Tinetti...
...cloudy morning last December, as the white light of winter picked its way across the face of Mount Rainier, William H. Gates III, chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., rolled out of bed after a brief night's sleep. There was no time for breakfast. He showered, pulled on his customary slacks, open-necked shirt and sweater, and climbed into his Lexus for the 20-minute drive from his suburban Bellevue, Washington, home to the Seattle convention center...
...enthusiastically welcome him into his family. To complicate the issue, Schmidt must vigorously fend off Riker's mother, an overzealous psychiatrist who treats him as if he were a repressed Wasp. What she does not know is that Schmidt is having a hell of a good time in bed with the 20-year-old Hispanic waitress who also serves him his regular chopped steak...