Word: pulls
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sports. "It's a disgrace." The alarm comes as a shock to most parents. Nine out of ten believe their own youngsters are physical marvels, a Louis Harris poll reported for Children magazine. In truth, 40% of boys and 70% of girls cannot do more than a single pull-up, according to a survey of 19,000 six-to-17-year-olds released last year by the President's council; a third of school-age boys and 50% of girls cannot run a mile in less than ten minutes. Changes in testing make comparisons difficult, but fitness experts generally agree...
Other companies are also helping pull the weight. Fitnessgram, a program sponsored by Campbell Soup Co., reaches 2.3 million students in 50 states and abroad. Youngsters' performances on six exercises are computer-analyzed, a bar chart ranks scores against the national mean, and advice is given on how to improve. Like most report cards, the Fitnessgram is sent home. What to do then is left up to the parents and child. Many take the results seriously. Dissatisfied with her score, Laura Miller, 12, started jogging with her mother more frequently. "I wanted to train for the next Fitnessgram," says Laura...
...little-to-be-thankful-for actress. Lolling around in the sheets of a stranger's bed, she rolls over to find that her lover of the previous eve has a large machete stuck in the middle of his chest. "If that's one of those trick knives, you can pull it out now." Its no trick. Its genuine ginsu...
Despite winning only four events in the 14 event meet, the Crimson was able to pull out the overall victory because it was able to place among the leaders in nearly every event...
...York Democrat and chairman of a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee, told reporters that there was only a "very slim chance" for peace. Though Aquino maintains that she will use force only as a last resort, Communist Negotiator Antonio Zumel said the New People's Army "shall remain ready to pull the trigger...