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Word: overdoing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...people get mainly static. There are too many 'drop-deads.' The 'drop-deads' occur in the city. They may die on the golf links, trying to show they are all right, but they really occur in the city. Farmers haven't the time to drop dead. We overdo the subject of exercise unless we have had the advantage of training early in life. Unless you have been brought up to work in early life, do not get out and try to do stunts after you are 50 or 60 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Surgeons' College | 10/26/1931 | See Source »

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