Word: fats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Never before had the fat men & women of the U.S. received so much attention from doctors as they got last week at the annual meeting of the American Medical Association in Chicago. And none of it was flattering. Far from regarding the fatties as happy people, pleasant to have around, the doctors branded them as public-health problem No. 1 and cracked down hard on them. Said Philadelphia's Dr. Edward L. Bortz: "We're going to have to take off the kid gloves in dealing with people who are wallowing in their own grease...
This is not to say that Conant has always been followed at a distance of course by hordes of undergraduates worshipping in his footsteps. During the 30's when political activity ran unchecked through the streets of Cambridge. Conant was a frequent target for extemist student groups. The fat left wing element regularly denounced him as "a tool of Wall Street." This attitude was exemplified by an article in. "The Nation" by a former head of the University. News Office who denounced Conant but added that "I hardly expect the University to thumb its nose at the Wall Street bankers...
...knew was that our parents-of great courage-could say to us: 'Opportunity is all about you. Reach out and take it. Do you want to go to school? Well, go. What are you afraid of? Do you have to stand around until someone comes along with a fat checkbook and takes care of every possible care or difficulty you can have in that school?' They didn't believe so. They were thrifty, they were economical, and they were honest...
...RICH WYOMING & NEVADA FOR ONLY $100. For months, a spate of such ads, by numerous outfits like "Petrol Services," have moved thousands to shell out $100 or more to lease oil rights on Government lands. They hope to sell out at a fat profit if oil is struck near their holdings...
According to the Class's 25th Anniversary Report, the Class roster at graduation totaled 883 men. Of these, the fat volume has complete records on 743, and a summary note on 76. 629 photographs of classmates appear in the tome. Six of the men are "lost" according to the report...