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...editors: "I would like to note a few other possible dangers." First of all, Breall says, a weight lifter should learn to breathe properly, or he may fall in a faint, damage his lungs or suffer a hernia in the groin or the diaphragm. Taking issue with those who dismiss high blood pressure as a hazard, Breall draws attention to the danger of "weight lifter's hypertension." A man performing "severe isometrics," he explains, markedly increases his blood pressure because he tenses his arm or leg muscles and cuts down the flow of blood through them...
...result may increase the city's court delays by "a factor of eight." Moreover, the present courtrooms do not even have jury boxes. Since the state legislature may be loath to pay for adequate courtrooms and increased personnel, it .looks as though New York City may have to dismiss more cases, encourage other defendants to waive jury trials, or rely on the legislature to cut the penalty for many offenses to six months or less...
Some blame must be shared by the companies that summarily dismiss workers hooked on narcotics. Without income, the addict's chances of paying for effective private treatment are reduced, while the odds against his completing the program at free centers is heightened. One of the few firms to take an enlightened view of the addict's plight is New Jersey Bell Telephone, which began this year to pay disability money to employees undergoing treatment for drug...
...then wouldn't businesses find it cheaper to build their buildings somewhere else? The exhibit tries to dismiss the economic argument quickly, in the hope that we'll find something else to ascribe those buildings to. The Met is trying to say that there were no greedy practical considerations behind the buildings, and the only other reason for building them would be because they are attractive...
...certainly was not without blame. He was, and remains in my view, a shameful, cynical politician who discovered how to play skillfully on peoples' emotions for his own gain. But it is much too facile to dismiss the evils and anguish that wracked campuses and country at that time by simply naming him as scapegoat and letting the rest of society off scot-free...