Word: liftings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hungarian-born Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (in English, St. George), professor of biochemistry, is a Nobel Prizewinner who is fascinated by muscles. "That a soft jelly should suddenly . . . change its shape and lift a thousand times its own weight . . ." he says, "is little short of miraculous." In the current Scientific American, Szent-Gyorgyi explains the latest discoveries about this miracle of muscle action...
...refused to lift diplomatic sanctions against this country, which was also barred from the Atlantic pact...
...Jake (alias Jackson) never put the bomb in. Just before the bell for the tenth round, Cerdan's manager decided to disregard the protests of his fighter: he threw in the towel. "What's the use?" snapped one of his seconds to ringsiders, "He can't lift his left...
...president's chair. Since winning a wartime pennant under Grimm, the Cubs had become tame as kittens. They finished in the National League cellar last year for the first time in 23 years and were still struggling to stay out of last place last week. That Frisch could lift them out of the doldrums this season was something fans on Chicago's North Side hoped for but hardly expected. But at least there would be more noise around Wrigley Field...
...Mindful of middle-aged bridegrooms, the Greater New York Safety Council issued instructions for carrying brides across thresholds: "The correct way...is to bend the knees, keep the body upright, take a firm grip...and push upward with the leg muscles. Do not try to lift too much weight." The council added that this would also be handy for lifting barrels and furniture...