Word: necks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Strauss, who heads the combined opposition of Christian Democrats and Christian Socialists, calls the campaign West Germany's "dirtiest ever." He has also taken the brunt of abuse, since his round face, bull neck and stocky shape delight cartoonists, and his flowery, right-wing rhetoric provides opponents with plenty of verbal ammunition. Strauss has long been a béte noire for many West Germans; his decision to seek the nation's most important political office has galvanized his enemies into a frenzy of mudslinging...
...tiny room was so jammed with people that Strauss had to stand in the doorway, stretching his neck to see the screen. Except for Kennedy's voice, there was no sound in the trailer. Jody Powell broke the stillness with a crack about the Senator's being in an easy position to suggest things, and the group grunted approval. Jerry Rafshoon piped up: "You tell them, Teddy," voicing the resentment in the room...
Jeffrey Brown, 11, came home from a Cub Scout meeting in Dedham, Mass., one day last spring feeling sick. He had vomited, and by next morning was lethargic and complaining that his neck hurt. Jeffrey seemed to be coming down with a sore throat, but soon his temperature reached 106° F (41° C). A lymph gland in his neck swelled to golf-ball size, his lips and tongue turned strawberry, and scarlet blotches appeared on his chest and back. Jeffrey's illness: a perplexing and long unrecognized childhood malady called Kawasaki disease...
...convinced that he was seeing a new illness, one that mostly struck children under five, and could only be diagnosed by a combination of distinct symptoms. Among them: high fever persisting for five or more days, congested blood vessels in the eye, skin rashes, enlarged lymph nodes in the neck, peeling of the skin from fingers and toes...
...tape players blares from every corner, park bench, bus and subway. But now Sony has come out with a sidewalk stereo that is not a noise polluter. About the size of a paperback book, the 14-oz. Walkman is a cassette player that can be hung from the neck, strapped to a belt or simply carried in a pocket. Attached is a headset with half-dollar-size earphones that provide true stereo sound. Best of all, the Walkman (just under $200) lets a pedestrian stroll to his own beat, whether Bach or disco, without inflicting it on others. Hear, hear...