Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...boom, stress, cholesterol and the changing images of beauty, it has become apparent that Americans have developed a new awareness about the way they look and feel. Responding to that interest, the magazine this week inaugurates a new section, called Health & Fitness, with an evaluation of how well Americans shape up, along with the latest news about nutrients. Says Managing Editor Ray Cave: "A major change in modern life has been the increasing understanding of the benefits of fitness and preventive medicine. It is not a fad or craze. It is not a jog, it is here for the long...
Borodin recalls Shevardnadze as an obsessive worker who often spent 14 hours a day at his office. A fitness enthusiast and jogger, Shevardnadze installed an exercise room and a sauna in his home and threatened to fire overweight officials unless they got into shape in a matter of weeks. Shevardnadze has said his hobbies are beekeeping and tending his private vineyard. He is well read in the Russian and Georgian classics and has even scribbled a bit of lyric poetry. Shevardnadze and his wife Nanuli, a journalist, have a daughter Manana, in her 30s, and a son Paata...
...reduce the chances of coronary artery disease, fitness has taken a strong hold on the American consciousness and on American wallets. Motivated by concern about health, weight, appearance or simply the desire to feel good, citizens have willingly plunked down billions of dollars in an effort to get in shape. Last year four of the top ten hardcover nonfiction best sellers dealt with diet or fitness. Fans of Jane Fonda's four workout videos have bought more than 1.2 million copies since 1982. Cable TV and local channels now offer early-bird exercise shows. Health clubs remain popular, and Americans...
...they do and underestimate what they eat." Many fool themselves in other ways, too. Of 2,256 middle- to top-level executives studied by the University of Michigan/Ann Arbor's Fitness Research Center, only 47% reported that they exercised regularly. But 91% claimed they were in good or excellent shape. Those who try to take up working out often fail. If they do not have the start-and-stop fidgets, many exercisers have the fitness flitters, endlessly switching from one activity to another. "If people begin to exercise because it's a fad or start up with something that...
...past few years I've taken a real beating from various Head of the Charles parties, river festivals, sunbathers, joggers and vandals. The problem is that the MDC just can't seem to coordinate sound public policy with limited state funding to keep me in tip-top shape...