Word: keeps
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...larger as a reason why the life expectancy of males in the U.S. is only 66.7 years-five years less than in Sweden, and appreciably less than in such countries as Japan, Czechoslovakia and Israel. Contrary to popular belief, the U.S. ranks low in longevity-24th among countries that keep statistics. The male life expectancy rate has not risen significantly in the U.S. since the 1940s...
Kroeker has also produced a phonograph record called Ufa Wa Mtedza (Peanut Flour); its rock songs were composed and sung by Peace Corpsman Jack Allison, who dispenses health hints musically. Sample lyric: "Keep away the flies from your baby's eyes." When not at work, Kroeker, the only U.S. businessman in Malawi, relaxes by climbing nearby Mt. Mlanje (9,843 ft.) or spending time with his Malawian wife and three daughters. Though he hopes to turn Nzeru over to Malawian management "possibly within two years," he plans to stay on. He is thinking of diversifying into other products...
BLOBBING DAMPLY up the grand stairway of the Agassiz Theatre, to keep his appointment with Timothy Mayer's masterful staging of Jesus (A Passion Play for Cambridge), this reviewer passed by Peter W. Johnson--a Technical Director qualified to retire the title--locked in brief colloquy with a bearded minion. A conversation was overheard. Quoth the minion: "There are no more weights." Replied Johnson: "Well...use anything...
...Courier finally folded last November after it had become clear to its editor that it was hopeless to keep on trying for any further political change to stop discrimination. The newspaper wasn't a very effective weapon in pragmatic politics. The Courier, and the Civil Rights Movement, in general, brought about a great new cultural awareness, but didn't change the hands of the power...
...back to San Francisco with the men. Sometimes while he's on the job, they live for a while in the Phillipines, Taiwan, and Japan. He's parachuted out of airplanes over 700 times and has 11,000 hours of flying time. It's not too dangerous because they keep in training; they run about ten miles every day. He gave us a ride all the way across town to the highway, smiling and radiating happiness from his own Volkswagen-driving head and from his fidgeting, sun-tanned kids. We were happy to be riding in his Volkswagen...