Word: pound
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...afford to be anywhere from 4 to 37 Ibs. heavier. Andres, a gerontologist who has been studying the effect of weight gain on aging for more than five years, feels that after the age of 20, almost any normally lean person can put on about a pound a year...
...William Castelli, director of the 36-year Framingham Heart Study on longevity, declares, "We can show you that for every pound you gain over the 1959 Metropolitan Life tables, your death rate increases 2% over the next 26 years." Until the doctors can resolve their conflicting interpretations, many Americans will find it prudent to hold back on that second helping of pasta . --By Ellie McGrath. Reported by Patricia Delaney/Washington and Barry Kalb/New York...
...night of May 20, 1905, Benjamin Joy, class of 1905, a popular senior from a prestigious New York family, was caught stealing a 200-pound bronze plaque from Phillips Brooks House. Joy confessed his involvement with the Med. Fac. society, and headlines about the secret society raged across Boston newspapers...
...Yeah, yeah. I talk to John, I talk to him regularly. He lives right around the corner from me [in Washington, D.C.]. Actually, my kids go over there. Not long ago my kids came over with a pound cake that they had picked up over at John’s house—he’s a friend...
...That grim scenario came a bit closer to reality last week as the U.S. currency skidded to its lowest level in a year. From a peak reached in late February, the value of the dollar has declined an average of 14% against major currencies and 24% against the British pound...