Word: overweighting
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...Ladies of the Club. " Now, some 50 years later, her overweight saga has been published to enormous fanfare. Only one aspect of this heartwarming tale falters: Ladies itself. Through innumerable crises, illegitimate children, laudanum addiction, lesbianism and suicide, the many heroines remain mere mouthpieces. They speak of sex as "that horrid business...
...Atlanta-based Andrews, who calls himself part of the "overweight, middleaged, white clergy who are shiny on top" is no rookie in office; he served for eleven years as head of the Southern branch of the Presbyterians. Before that, he had been an administrator and information officer with Princeton Theological Seminary and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches...
...been a modest hillside hole, concealed from the faculty by distance and foliage, where as boys they once spent many afternoons smoking cigarettes and drinking, for want of wisdom, cherry brandy. The day was warm, the hill steep, the pine-needle footing slippery, and the men were all overweight...
...similar fashion, the understanding that a great deal of disease in this country can be prevented by changing people's behavior, has not been exploited. Despite the known risks, people still smoke cigarettes (in fact, the government still supports tobacco farming), drive without seat belts, are overweight, don't exercise, drink too much, ignore the risk of cancer in getting a suntan, abuse drugs and have trouble coping with stress. Here, too, is an area waiting to be exploited by better teaching...
...three Democratic candidates, as well as the President they seek to oust, are healthy for men their age. None smoke cigarettes. None are overweight, although the campaign prevents them from getting their normal exercise. Of the four, Mondale has the highest (but still normal) blood pressure and cholesterol levels. The former Vice President has had hypertension (high blood pressure); he takes several medicines (Dyazide, hydralazine and, lately, atenolol) to control it. Hart had a benign nodule on his thyroid gland removed in 1972, and takes Synthroid, a synthetic thyroid hormone, to forestall any new growths. Apparently neither candidate suffers...