Word: lukashism
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...minded. Indeed, reports Swiss-Born White House Chef Henry Haller, the Fords "say they like everything." Like many U.S. executives today, the President has to watch his weight, and that is a determining factor in White House menus. He is under orders from his personal physician, Rear Admiral William Lukash, to lose weight (he has already shed about twelve pounds in the last month, to 198) by following "a very simple, balanced calorie-reduction diet." Lukash explains: "His problem is that he is a meat-and-potatoes man and enjoys desserts...
...Rear Admiral William M. Lukash, 43, as the President's personal physician. Dr. Lukash is a specialist in gastroenterology and internal medicine who had been serving as assistant physician to former President Nixon...
...Lukash described the President as an unusually healthy 61-year-old. "I'm blessed with a patient who has an understanding of the importance of physical fitness. He'll make my job easy." Without a White House swimming pool (the former one was turned into a press room by Nixon) for his 40 daily laps, the President will have to find another form of exercise. Says Ford: "The Oval Office seems very confining. I'd have to go to Burning Tree for golf, or to Camp David. I won't have a Key Biscayne...
...Hubert Humphrey and George McGovern instantly suspended campaigning. Humphrey, who had been electioneering in Baltimore, went immediately to the hospital to console Mrs. Wallace. "I don't know," he said disconsolately. "We didn't seem to learn anything four years ago." President Nixon dispatched Presidential Physician William Lukash to Holy Cross. He also ordered immediate Secret Service protection for Ted Kennedy as well as for Representatives Shirley Chisholm of New York and Wilbur Mills of Arkansas...
Last week Nassau County's Medical Examiner Leslie Lukash told why. Sharry Rubin's bloated stomach had refused-possibly because of her emotional tension -to empty through its lower outlet. The excess food digesting in the stomach drew in fluid and built up a powerful back pressure. As Sharry made violent but vain efforts to release this pressure by vomiting, it burst the upper part of the stomach. The contents (more than 4 qts.) began to spill into the abdominal cavity, caused peritonitis...