Word: rayed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Barbara and Gordon Ray, of Madison, Wis., want to adopt a child. They thought this would not be too difficult. Their doctors had told them it was very unlikely they could have a child of their own. When the two 28-year-olds applied to the state Health and Social Services Department, Mrs. Ray, who is 5 ft. 9 in. and weighed 210 Ibs., was told she had to lose weight. Her obesity was a health problem, explained the state physician who examined her. Mr. Ray, a shipping and mail clerk at the University of Wisconsin...
...Ray went on a diet, and lost 20 Ibs. in three months. That was still not enough, the department said, and suggested she take off an additional 20 Ibs. Infuriated, the Rays made their problem public. State Senator Peter Bear openly criticized the department's ruling, and the state legislature decided to investigate. Finally, Social Services officials relented and suspended the informal guidelines on obesity...
...produced, directed and co-wrote the show, pay particular attention to getting the roots-in country and rhythm and blues-right. Before they talk about Buddy Holly, they show Hank Williams. Elvis storms on only after due notice has been paid to Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Muddy Waters and Ray Charles. To underscore the point, and to illustrate how threatening this music once seemed, Leo and Solt include some footage of angry parents, disc jockeys breaking rock records, and assorted other representatives of a concerned older generation, including a member of the segregationist White Citizens' Council, denouncing the music...
...that he has achieved an 84% cure rate in his 200 cases. Their patients have even more reason to be pleased. As his cast and magnetic coils were removed last month, Brachfield asked anxiously: "Can I play shuffleboard? Can I bowl?" Bassett hesitated a moment, looked at an X ray of the healed fracture, then confidently assured his patient that he would soon be playing both sports...
Some scientists matter-of-factly dismiss the problem of creation. Says Harvey Tananbaum, an X-ray astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Laboratory: "That first instant of creation is not relevant as long as we do not have the laws to begin to understand it. It is a question for philosophers and religionists, not for scientists." Adds Geoffrey Burbidge, director of Kitt Peak National Observatory: "Principles and concepts cannot be measured. A question like 'Who imposed the order?' is metaphysical." Still, virtually everyone -both scientists and laymen-is taken by the sheer unthinkable opacity of the creation...