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...pioneer in treating the injuries, Dr. Emil Pascarelli, medical director of New York City's Miller Institute at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, points out how very heavy people can get into trouble. For their hands to reach the keyboard, they have to maneuver their arms around their own girth, and wind up contorting their wrists inward. Double-jointedness can also be a risk factor. Smokers may have fewer injuries, thanks to their periodic breaks away from the terminal to satisfy nicotine cravings. And what goes on outside the office can be just as damaging as what happens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crippled by Computers | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

...relationship was Washington's most talked-about liaison long before Matalin sparked a political fire storm last week with a scathing personal attack on Clinton. Contrary to George Bush's no-first-sleaze rule, Matalin drafted a sophomoric memo that mocked Clinton's girth, branded his campaign "lower than a snake's belly" and noted his problem with "bimbo eruptions." Carville, who serves as one of Clinton's top strategists and phrasemakers, quickly fired back, calling his inamorata's memo "new evidence that the Bush campaign is out of control." Carville, obviously pained by the situation, added, "You can hate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Star-Crossed Lovers | 8/17/1992 | See Source »

...hollow ache of lost possibilities. Kevin Buchberger, a former Little League star, had to jettison his dreams of playing pro baseball. One patient returned to a favorite fishing hole -- and found an apartment building. Women who have missed the chance to have children stare sadly at the enlarged girth of counselor Kathy Sinkiewicz, pregnant with her second child. Patients eventually have to confront and if necessary "mourn" these losses, says Sinkiewicz. Dancing at a belated high school prom was part of that process, but only the first of many intricate steps back toward life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Awakening, the Real Therapy Must Begin | 7/6/1992 | See Source »

Impulsively, I joined her in embracing the massive trunk. Even with our arms encircling its wonderful girth, our fingertips barely touched...

Author: By June Shih, | Title: A Friend Gone To (S)lumber | 7/3/1992 | See Source »

...park outside, a courtroom guard smokes. His girth betrays a career of inactivity; his eyes, nose, and mouth are adrift in an ocean of flesh. He says, "In that building, there are no secrets. If some judge is balling the secretary, everyone knows...

Author: By William H. Bachman, | Title: CRIMINAL BUSINESS | 5/15/1992 | See Source »

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