Word: fitness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...suggest that the psyche has anything to do with it, though heredity may. The disease often appears in infancy; in one family, 24 members of five generations have been affected. No treatment seems to check the disease. On the other hand, it is no killer: between bouts, patients are fit & well...
...most cases the illness recurs every seven days, or in multiples of seven. Some patients' cycles get longer or shorter over the years, and some never fit the weekly pattern...
...maturing rapidly, Juanito was born in exile in Rome, never set foot in Spain until 1948, when General Franco invited him to study in Madrid. This year, in his fourth year exams at Madrid's blueblood St. Isidro high school-nimble-minded Juanito chalked up grades fit for a king in geography and history, still found time for bicycling, boxing and soccer. Biggest obstacle between Juanito and the throne: Franco's endorsement of the young prince is conditional upon his father's (Pretender Don Juan) renouncing his own claims...
...story seemed to fit a familiar pattern: Was this not another case of a big, nasty, imperialist nation bullying a smaller, law-abiding country? As a matter of fact, the injured party was Great Britain and the arrogant bully was little Egypt...
Adventures in Science (Sat. 3:15 p.m., CBS). "Psychology at Work: How to avoid major blunders in picking a wife, a secretary or the person to fit...