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Died. Dr. Irwin M. Stillman, 79, co-author of The Doctor's Quick Weight Loss Diet (1967) and other bestselling weight-control guides, whose drastic prescription for obesity-quick shedding of excess pounds through an extreme highprotein, low-carbohydrate regimen-brought him a wide following as well as much criticism from more conventional nutrition experts; of a heart attack; in North Miami...
...from being considered so often a Narcissus and Hermes, excess wore me out, killed...
...final price of an average car, for an overall increase of 4.7%. GM Chairman Thomas Murphy contends that the increases will not off set the company's rising production costs, which have gone up an average $375 per car since last fall. Even so, motorists will pay in excess of $1,000 more for an average '76 car than they paid for an average '73 model...
...subtle homage to nature's irregularity continues on the inside too: there is hardly a right angle to be found in the entire building. Indeed, the interior layout seems so complicated as to be al most recklessly baroque. Yet Aalto holds off excess by designing every light fixture, door handle and stair tread to fit the whole - and suit the user...
...disagrees. It has released a report claiming that the country has 100,000 more hospital beds than it needs-a figure some staffers at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare believe is correct. The surplus is costly, particularly in California, where officials say there are some 22,000 excess beds. It costs an average of $30,000 a year to maintain a hospital bed. California's hospital patients and taxpayers are thus paying more than $600 million a year for beds that only the hospitals feel are necessary...