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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Studies have shown that obese people have three times the normal incidence of high blood pressure and diabetes, an increased risk of heart disease, a shorter life-span, and an unusually high risk of developing respiratory disorders, arthritis and certain types of cancer. A severely obese woman, for example, has five times the normal risk of developing cancer of the uterine lining and a heightened risk of breast and cervical cancers. Men who are significantly overweight have an increased chance of developing malignancies of the colon, rectum and prostate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Gauging the Fat of the Land | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

Kimmel's progress during the season is reflected in her save percentage. After six games it stood at 766, after 12, .802; now, after 18, it has reached 826. And over the span of those last six games, her save percentage is an impressive...

Author: By Jessica Dorman and Jonathan Putnam, S | Title: Who Ever Liked Home Movies, Anyway? | 2/22/1985 | See Source »

...world, narcissists constantly fine-tuning their images, are always susceptible so any intellectual defense for self-display. The irony of the androgynous ideal is that a contradicts that basic purpose of careful dressing: attracting the admirable sexual partners. The 1980's androgyny fad is merely a brief fashion span of the anxious and the outrageous, one that will go the way of leather miniskirts and spiked hair does...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sennef, | Title: The Androgyny Myth | 2/9/1985 | See Source »

...tried desperately to score in the 1:08 span during which the teams were even at four men apiece. They couldn't however, and the third period began with the Huskies enjoying a man advantage for the first...

Author: By Neil Mooney, | Title: Northeastern Slips by Boston College, 4-2; Huskies Avenge Earlier Shellacking by Eagles | 2/5/1985 | See Source »

...pulled Gordon with 1:13 remaining in the game in favor of an extra skater. The Eagles were unable to set up in the Husky zone during that span, however, because Sweeney lost two key faceoffs to Northeastern center Rod lsbister...

Author: By Neil Mooney, | Title: Northeastern Slips by Boston College, 4-2; Huskies Avenge Earlier Shellacking by Eagles | 2/5/1985 | See Source »

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