Word: kohl
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...fact, some health authorities believe it's worse. The health risks of obesity--diabetes, heart attack, high blood pressure and certain cancers, among others--are familiar to most Americans, but physical activity confers its own benefits "above and beyond what it can provide for weight control," says Harold Kohl, lead epidemiologist at the Physical Activity and Health Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
...their judicial nominees on the key issues. This sorry state of politics today, which must change for the good of our country, is preventing any form of compromise. Though Republicans claim benevolent intentions, their motives are transparent; in the words of Sen. Thomas R. Carper, D-Del. and Herb Kohl, D-Wis., who wrote a letter to the Republicans, they are “trying to erase the ‘checks and balances’ that exist in our representative democracy, turning the Senate into a rubber stamp for the president...
...West Germany since a car bomb injured 20 people at Ramstein Air Base, the Air Force's European headquarters, in 1981. President Reagan was awakened at 6 a.m. and told of the bombing. Later a White House spokesman condemned it as a "shameful act." West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl sent Reagan assurances that quick action would be taken "to cast light on the deed...
...credit card, $3,000 worth of eyeglasses for himself and his family. Zaïrian President Mobutu Sese Seko rented two Amtrak club cars loaded with caviar and champagne to take his entourage of 50 people to Washington and back (cost: $9,800). Outside the U.N., West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl had to be snatched from the path of an onrushing New York City police car bringing up the rear of President Reagan's motorcade...
Allied leaders who must contend with large and vocal antinuclear movements within their own countries also expressed worry that Reagan is not countering Soviet arms-reduction proposals vigorously enough. West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl was impressed by Reagan's private notes, which he showed the allies, detailing various arms-control scenarios that might be played out at the summit. But Thatcher, supported by Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, thought more was required. A spokesman quoted her as telling Reagan at the minisummit that "you have to re-present or reformulate your arms-control position before Geneva or there will...