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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With 410 returning alums from the Class of 1937, this year's 50th reunion is the biggest ever, says Charlie N. Gregg '88-'89, housing coordinator for the major reunions. Finding rooms for this class can be difficult, organizers say, because they try to house the classmates on lower floors, and near the reunion headquarters at Winthrop House...
Wilbur won the toss and went first: "He lay down on the lower wing with his hips in the padded wingwarping cradle, while Orville made a last-minute adjustment to the motor. When everything was ready, Wilbur tried to release the rope fastening the machine to the rail, but the thrust of the propellers was so great he could not get it loose and two of the men had to forcibly push the Flyer backward a few inches until the rope slipped free. Orville ran beside the machine, balancing it with one hand. In the other hand he held...
...course, it isn't mere walking, but a highly energetic, intensive form of exercise that many health experts recommend over jogging because of the lower chance of injury. The National Sporting Goods Association reports that exercise walking in all its forms, whether competitive or just for fitness, is now the second most popular outdoor activity in the U.S. (after swimming), up from fifth place in 1985. American Sports Data, a market-research firm in Hartsdale, N.Y., estimates that there are about 25 million serious walkers of all strides, compared with 13 million runners in 1983, the jogging peak. Actresses Cybill...
...growing interest in aerobic walking has been reinforced by Dr. Ralph Paffenbarger's study of 17,000 Harvard alumni who are now 53 to 90. Paffenbarger, who is at Stanford University's medical school, found that men who walked briskly nine or more miles a week had a 21% lower risk of death from heart disease than those who walked less than three miles a week. Michael Pollock, director of the University of Florida's exercise-science center, recommends exercising at an intensity of 60% to 90% of maximum heart rate for up to an hour. However, notes the physiologist...
...firm wins high marks for its lean management but lower grades for its treatment of employees. Top editors are paid well; Helen Gurley Brown, still Cosmo's guiding light at 65, reportedly earns $500,000 a year, plus a slice of her magazine's profits. But middle-level staffers tend to earn less than their colleagues at other magazine-publishing companies, and turnover is high. Bennack and Gilbert Maurer, president of the magazine division, pride themselves on giving editors freedom in running their publications, though the absolute power is not always uplifting. "Working at Hearst is like life...