Word: belliedness
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Blessing gives his characters a pungent flavor. Old John Law (Ray Fry), a legendary pitcher who is being honored, is a laconic curmudgeon who seems to hate baseball now and to have loathed the fans in his days of glory. Add on: the whisky-swigging, pot-bellied manager (Frederic Major...
Preliminary studies at Wisconsin have also shown that the overpacked fat cells have a smaller number of the receptors to which insulin attaches, controlling the utilization of sugar. This may account for the elevated levels of blood sugar and insulin. The tendency to acquire oversize fat cells may in turn...
A full-bellied 232 lbs. and a month from 40, he looks eminently mortal, not just paunchy but puffy, not only old but tired. "But, see, still smooth," he says, petting his face. "Nose in place, eyebrows untwisted. Show me a scratch anywhere."
This is the world of the zealots, where Irish youth are willing to starve themselves for their cause of driving the British out of Northern Ireland. It is an astounding kind of sacrifice-a brutal, lingering death, full of hatred and martyrdom, so fanatical and Irish. The moment one striker...
Surrounded by model manicured lawns in the Washington suburb of Columbia, Md., one lot has gone back to nature. As a result it has become a home for bluebirds, cardinals, butterflies, deer, foxes, raccoons, chipmunks and turtles. Between Fire Station 8 and a bank in a San Francisco warehouse area...