Word: pushes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...incredibly effective. For most Harvard undergraduates, who would be pleased to execute 50 sit-ups and 30 push-ups once a week, the discovery that a man old enough to be their grandfather is currently doing 100 of both daily is slightly disconcerting...
Affectionately known as the "Filthy Four" by members of the track team, the exercises are actually pretty standard calisthenics, such as push-ups, sit-ups, leg rotations, and leg overs. But when done consecutively and in quantity, the exercises more than deserve their nickname, McCurdy said yesterday. "And whenever anybody thinks they're ready for more, there's always the Titanic Twleve," he added...
...internists themselves maintain that they present a standard and balanced repertoire and don't push any particular methods. Wacker, for instance, sizes up the pill to prospective users by first admitting that it has side-effects, but they are all fairly well-known. Since the estrogen levels of the pill have been reduced, "you don't find any increasing toxity," Wacker says, adding that the pill has now been used safely for the past 15 to 16 years. Bisbee advises: "What we say is that there is no connection between the pill and cancer." As for the diaphragm, Harvard...
...exclusive province of the fourth floor--where the University's two male gynecologists/obstetricians work. Only the gynecologists put in IUDs because, as gynecologist Winig says: "Putting in an IUD is a skilled procedure. If you don't know how, it is impossible. It's not that hard to push an IUD through somebody's uterus...
AUTOMOBILES. The 1.4 million members of the United Auto Workers have contracts that include an uncapped COLA, and have not been stung much by inflation. President Leonard Woodcock will push hardest on job security. The automakers will be asked to contribute more to the supplementary unemployment benefit funds from which laid-off workers receive payments. The U.A.W. will also demand that laid-off workers be rehired before overtime work is offered to employees on the job. The companies are talking tough, but rising sales should help them reach agreement with the union by the time the contracts...