Word: fats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fraternity man joined his brothers around the piano, and I turned to one of the underprivileged. He was fat and well-dressed...
...year later, due largely to Meany's persuasiveness and persistence, the state legislature had passed a fat stack of pro-labor bills, e.g., the state's first unemployment insurance law. In 1939, after organizing a mammoth 15-hour parade up New York's Fifth Avenue, an impressive display of labor's might, he was elected A.F.L. Secretary-Treasurer. Since then he has concentrated on public relations (he got the A.F.L. to sponsor regular news broadcasts) and relations with unions abroad (he spearheaded the post-World War II fight against U.S. labor's participation...
...Fat Comes First. In trying to find the cause of hardening of the arteries, which is a major factor in 350,000 U.S. deaths each year, doctors have been paying a lot of attention to fats like cholesterol. To Drs. Moon and Rinehart, this looks like the wrong path. Their theory is that fat metabolism becomes important only in the later stages of the disease, and that the original trouble probably lies in how the body uses protein...
...Gofman is not impressed. "I still think the lipid [fat] process comes first," he says. "If at any. given time you look at an artery that has been damaged by arteriosclerosis and find no signs of lipid substance, the tendency is to conclude that no lipid has existed. But there is strong evidence for believing that the lipid may have come first, starting the process, and then disappeared...
Dennis is still an excellent shot, a flashy passer, and too fat for his teammates. Several times, fine scoring plays were wasted because his accurate passes caught teammates as unprepared as Rhode Island. Sophomore Dick Manning, who played a third of the game at center, showed he may help his better-shooting, less aggressive teammates considerably. Still awkward, though vastly improved, the six foot four Manning gathered 15 rebounds--four more than anyone else--and blocked two shots by taller...