Word: fitness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...viewed the Democratic Presidential situation. Dick Russell, who had spent the previous two months touring Europe, told the shipboard reporters that he strongly favors a middle-of-the-road Democratic candidate in 1956-and he made it clear that he thinks Ohio's Governor Frank Lausche might fit the bill just fine. Said Russell: "I consider Governor Lausche to be a middle-of-the-road Democrat, whereas some of the other prominent Democrats are considered in my part of the country to be a little to the left...
...boys of the Palace Flop-house, the Doc's friends and Fauna's customers. Their routines, especially the Bum's Opera, provide the best humor of the evening. Even with large numbers on stage the dancing is handled neatly, and Mike Kellin ("Hazel") and G. D. Wallace (Mac) both fit the pattern well with their clever patter...
Stating his views in a 14-page opinion, Aldrich declared the question's phrase, "anyone at Harvard" was too broad to fit what Senator Joseph R. McCarthy himself had defined as the subject matter of the inquiry for which Kamin was called as a witness. McCarthy had said he was studying Communist infiltration of classified defense projects...
...caused by an athletic policy controlled by "Wall Street alumni favorable toward crew." Several people aroused themselves enough to refute this, but Lake said, "Sorry, boys, time to go," and left before debate began. The dominant group at this meeting was the "independent" faction which felt it could not fit into the official "Conservative" or "Liberal" categories. By the following Fall it was possible to count the total membership of each party on one hand. Soon even a hand was unnecessary--the Athenacum didn't die, it merely disappeared...
...American Heart Association, this principle is now being applied nationally through 48 state-federal programs. Classification units grade the patient's capacity for work and such items as his emotional status and especially anxiety about his heart. They also grade the demands of the jobs available, try to fit workers to jobs. Labor unions and industry groups are backing the effort. Some employers shy away because of compensation problems, but the problems have no medical basis: heart cases are more safety-conscious than other workers, likely to be steadier and more reliable. Properly job-graded, they produce as much...