Word: overwork
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...wanted to retire by last July 1. But it was not until last month that Harry Truman regretfully agreed. Doctors had discovered that Byrnes had a heart murmur aggravated by incessant overwork. The President's mind had been made up long ago: if he ever needed a new Secretary of State, he would call on General George Marshall. He radioed Marshall in Nanking, and made his offer...
...revelations and gossip. "In writing of Teheran and Yalta," says Mclntire, "it has become the fixed habit of many editors and columnists to state without qualification that Franklin Roosevelt was a sick man, even a dying man." In fact, says Mclntire, he was "tired and worn" and underweight from overwork, but "organically sound" save for a chronic sinus condition. But once the rumors of his decrepitude had been noised around, Mclntire remarks bitterly, supporting evidence was fabricated...
...also had an ambitious eye on Rube Waddell's season strikeout record of 347. At week's end Bobby had struck out 262. If he failed to keep the pace, it would be partly his fault: Bobby, who decides which days he will pitch, tends to overwork himself...
This week, a scant majority of Congressmen remained in Washington. They were exhausted and waspish-from the heat and eight years of overwork.* When they or their successors return in January, they will get more pay for less work-but work of better quality...
...Nicholas Murray Butler, 83. president emeritus of Columbia University, sent shocking regrets to a luncheon party for Winston Churchill. Explained Dr. Butler: he had lost his sight. His doctors blamed it on "70 years of overwork...