Word: elbows
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...usual plague of rumors. Before he got the Republican nomination last year, the whisper (planted by his political enemies) went out that he had heart trouble. A slight touch of food poisoning last spring was quickly diagnosed by the dopesters as a stomach ulcer. When he bruised his elbow last August, the story soon got around that Ike was showing signs of falling apart...
...press conference, a reporter asked him politely how he was feeling and gave Ike the opportunity to stamp out the plague of rumors-at least temporarily. "Well," said the President with a grin, "I will tell you. As you people know ... I have had sort of a sore elbow which has prevented me from getting my exercise to which I am accustomed, which I think I need, and which I love.* Aside from that, if I am not in good condition, the doctors have fooled me badly, because I feel fine, and, as a matter of fact, I underwent quite...
...checkup of heart, lungs, bones, joints and blood chemistry. Said Snyder: "All of these [tests] came out in good normal order." The President's blood pressure is running 140 to 150 over 80 to 90-excellent for a man of his age (63) and type. Aside from the elbow and a few chronic minor troubles (he is farsighted, has suffered for years from a trick knee, injured in a West Point football game), Ike is in tiptop form...
...President's one health problem is his weight. Through exercise and frequent dieting, he has managed to stay within twelve pounds of his average West Point weight of 172 Ibs. The sore elbow is responding satisfactorily to diathermy and rest, but has restricted his golfing, and the President has had to rely on calisthenics in his bedroom and office and occasional workouts in the White House gym. Such exercise for the sake of exercise bores Ike, who prefers competitive sports with an objective. "He ought to exercise." said Dr. Snyder. "The President is the type of man who enjoys...
Jordan would not specify his replacement for quarterback Bob Hardy, out for the season with a broken elbow bone. "Jerry Marsh, Joe Conzelman and Jost Michelson are my quarterbacks," he said, simply...