Word: gym
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Walter Peterson, Dartmouth graduate '47, governor of New Hampshire for the past four years and a charter member of the Friends of Dartmouth Basketball, was visiting with members of this year's Green freshman team at Alumni Gym prior to the start of this current season...
Just about everyone in Houston had doubted he would ever make it to the launch pad-everyone, that is, except Slayton. Determined to prove that he was physically fit, he continually worked out in the astronauts' gym, jogged across the sprawling space center (inexplicably, the heart irregularity always vanished after a good run) and kept up his piloting skills by flying with other astronauts in dual-control jets. Over the years, he also consulted prominent cardiologists, including Paul Dudley White. All for naught; though the irregularity did not recur for months at a time, it inevitably came back. Then...
...Most guys who come here are used to fans who blow the roof off the gym. At Harvard people just view the game," he said...
...bench outnumbered the crowd at the Radcliffe Gym, but the 15-9, 12-15, 15-13 match was marked by rocket spiking, flashy saves, and colorful uniforms. Blue jeans and earrings were on display, and one B.U. player sported a bright red shirt marked with a decorative cannabis leaf...
...blood. "We tried to keep him on a low-intake diet," Burkley says, "but he wasn't starved on any strict regimen as a true cardiac patient would be, because he was a normal individual during those years." He got some exercise-swimming, walking, an occasional gym workout-and he usually took an afternoon nap. His blood pressure was normal...