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This becalmed, almost Chekhovian household is about to be consumed in a flash fire of passion. A young villager is hired to be both gardener and chauffeur. Oliver (Tom Waites) is a muscular lout and nothing to look at, but one lazy, empty afternoon, Molly seduces...
...negotiated, usually sitting down, at an average of 1 m.p.h. or less; at the professional level, tournaments are won by jiggling fat men. Bowling consists of brief bursts of slow motion separated by rest periods.) And fitness of the heart, lungs and circulatory system, far more than muscular strength and flexibility, is what the new believers are seeking...
...Eleanor Metheny, who conducted careful anthropometric studies of American blacks 40 years ago, broadly outlined the differences between whites and blacks. Metheny found that, in general, blacks had longer legs relative to total body length and that lower legs were proportionately longer, while thighs were shorter but more muscular than those of whites. "In jumping, the longer leg is evidently an advantage," Dr. Metheny wrote, "since [he] could raise his leg higher. Applying the principle of the lever, the longer lower leg can develop greater velocity at the end and serves as a longer lever with which to push...
...that Allah would destroy the white devils and their civilization by the end of this century. Wallace Muhammad, who has opened membership in the sect to all races, told Survival Day worshipers, "We know there is no superiority in any color." He has also abolished the group's muscular police force, the "Fruit of Islam...
...stand trial. To that end, the judge ordered the Department of Mental Health to come up with a special educational program for Lang. Beaming over the judge's decision, Donald Paull, one of Lang's lawyers, flashed a victory sign to his client. But the small, muscular deaf-mute, who has spent almost a decade in one lockup or another, only shook his head, shrugged and frowned. Lang remained in confinement, but this week the court is scheduled to decide when and where his schooling will begin...