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...inarguably the biggest man on campus, and who would want to argue with him anyway? North Carolina State University Senior Tab Thacker, 22, packs 447½ Ibs. into a frame that is 58 in. (chest) by 54 in. (waist) by 77 in. (height). "I never eat a whole lot at a time, but I eat continuously," he explains. Thacker is almost as able-bodied as he is awesome. An All-America collegiate wrestler, he is fresh from pinning down the N.C.A.A. heavyweight title with his 31st consecutive win of the year. His next goal is the Olympics...
...gather evidence of damage, the U.S. Forest Service each decade resurveys thousands of one-acre plots, checking the diameter and height of trees and looking for portents of new growth. The ongoing survey of Southern Piedmont woodlands shows that in the past ten years the growth rate of loblolly pine, a coniferous evergreen, has been 25% less than expected. Botanist Vogelmann's 20-year study of Camels Hump has shown a rapid decline in nine species of trees on the 4,083-ft. peak. The biomass (the combined weight of tree trunk, branches and foliage) has dropped sharply...
...ancient Greeks, it has been only in the past decade that FAS has become a subject for research. U.S. Government and other researchers' estimates of the incidence of alcohol-caused defects range from one in 500 births to one in 10,000. The abnormalities include decreased weight, height and head size, malformations of the head and face, and mental retardation. Drinking during pregnancy has also been associated with a greater risk of miscarriage. One clue to the cause of these effects comes from National Institutes of Health Researcher Anil Mukherjee, who in 1982 showed that in monkeys the equivalent...
...Rebels, who-averaged over 83 points per game, broke the game open in the second half by using their superior athletic ability and height advantage to score inside over the Tigers...
...gremlin-plagued Gremlin and the Pacer, consistently missed that target. The well-built Alliance is also countering the legacy of another AMC albatross: poor quality. Indeed, the company's total sales could rise from last year's $3.3 billion to $4 billion in 1984, a lofty height never attained...