Word: dieting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When she married Dukakis in 1963, Kitty had been taking diet pills for seven years, depending on her small, 5-mg dose of amphetamines to get her through the day. Eleven years later, her husband discovered her cache of pills, but her subsequent attempt to kick the habit failed. She finally succeeded in 1982 at a drug-rehabilitation center in Minnesota, although it was only this past summer that she bravely went public with the story of her 26-year addiction...
...Soviet enterprises and ministries, which staged a four-day conference in Moscow in April to talk about prospective joint ventures. In a display of Madison Avenue glitz, council members from the U.S. gave their Soviet counterparts a crash course in marketing that included razzle-dazzle TV commercials for Diet Coke, NutraSweet and the American Express Card. Gorbachev invited the U.S. visitors to the Kremlin's Palace of Congresses for a seven-course feast of caviar, pheasant, grouse and other delicacies. After exchanging toasts with the capitalists, the Soviet leader described perestroika as an "invitation" to a business partnership with...
...joint, as well as devices that record muscle electrical activity and track jaw motion. Other practitioners believe much of the high-tech, high-cost gadgetry is unnecessary. No matter how the diagnosis is made, experts usually favor a conservative treatment regimen that includes a switch to a softer diet (no steak or chewy candy, for example); application of warm, moist heat; facial massages; and exercises to stretch tight muscles. Aspirin, muscle relaxants, tranquilizers and antidepressants may be prescribed. Counseling on stress management and relaxation techniques like biofeedback is often part of the treatment...
...Mesopotamians "adored their food soaked in fats and oils," Bottero wrote. "They seem obsessed with every member of the onion family, and in contrast to our tastes, salt played a rather minor role in their diet...
...Frequently you can't tell that anything is wrong until you see them play," explains Dr. Alice Brandfonbrener, director of Northwestern University's program. Some clinics boast practice rooms and videotaping equipment. Solutions can be as simple as recommending a reduced performance schedule, muscle-strengthening exercises or changes in diet. Actors and singers with voice difficulties are often told to avoid mucus-producing foods like milk and cheese. Technique may also be modified. Eric Jensen, a jazz guitarist in San Francisco with persistent pain in his left arm, was advised to shorten the scale lengths on the neck...