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...Pep pills"--as tested on 57 Harvard undergraduates--have a significant effect upon athletes, the American Medical Association reported yesterday. The study, under way for the past two years, showed that up to a four per cent improvement in athletic performance results from use of the drugs...
Following the publication of the survey, the A.M.A. strongly criticized the use of "pep pills" in any sort of contest. The nationwide poll showed, however, that only one per cent of coaches administer such drugs to their athletes...
Perhaps the only real offer of assistance comes from a letter printed as Correspondence. In exaggerated terms, the letter calls for a return to "constructive" things, i.e., "pep rallies," "active participation in social clubs," "joie de vivre" and like that stuff. We should give up our search for "aggressive outlets," our traces of "residual bitterness" and "sibling rivalry" for a more "healthy attitude." However, the answer to that challenge is simple: So, who wants to be "healthy" in a sick society...
Soothing Reply. Nehru had made quite a day of his visit to Mussoorie. That morning, he gave a political pep talk to local Congress Party workers, then moved on to Mussoorie's Savoy Hotel to address the Travel Agents Association of India, crisply advising his audience that travel "should involve some adventure, some risk, some hardship," because the "comfortable life is rightly boring and dull...
Relaxed Approach. In contrast to O'Brien, who practices constantly, eats wheat germ, honey, and high-energy foods, and works himself into a competitive swivet before a meet by listening to his own tape-recorded pep talks, Long is casual and easygoing. He does not go all out in workouts, eats whatever is served at the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house, is so relaxed in competition that he often does not bother to watch his competitors perform. A steady B student, he works in a local drugstore one night a week, takes many night classes (he is planning...