Word: familiarizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...John Paul continues his freeze on laicization, says one prelate familiar with Vatican processing, "I am sure that many priests will just walk out as they did in precouncil years." (Priests who leave without permission and then marry, as many do, are excommunicated...
Although it was never finished, it became the most familiar portrait in America. An engraving of it stares serenely from every current $1 bill.* The artist, besieged by requests for his work, churned out at least 70 replicas in his lifetime; countless copiers followed in his brush strokes. The painting is, of course, George Washington by Gilbert Stuart, one of only three Washington portraits painted from life by colonial America's gifted and prolific artist...
...Prolonged lovemaking without orgasm can cause lower abdominal pain in women, comparable to the familiar testicular pain...
...rounds of local country clubs, were lent by enthusiasts to friends in other parts of the country and were eventually taped on refrigerators from New York to California. Not surprisingly, the good doctor was prevailed upon to write a book, padding his original diet with 244 pages of familiar advice and additional menus. The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet (Rawson, Wade; $7.95), whose cover boasts, LOSE UP TO 20 POUNDS IN 14 DAYS AND KEEP THEM OFF, has sold some 270,000 copies since it was published last January...
Tarnower's formula is merely the latest variation on the familiar high protein-low carbohydrate regimen. Although food quantities are not specified, the doctor believes that most Scarsdale dieters average 1,000 or fewer calories a day. Many naturally complain of lassitude and find that their weight loss is only temporary. But others, like Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, who lost 40 Ibs. on two two-week stints, are more than satisfied. The diet, he says, is "a thing of beauty." It is also, unquestionably, the diet of the hour. Some socialites with no weight problems...