Word: stomach
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Candlelight, flowers and wine at mealtime are good for the stomach as well as the soul. Aside from their esthetic value, they lead to proper eating habits and good digestion, reported Chicago Physiologist Frederic Theodore Jung in Today's Health...
...reporting of symptoms, the airing of grievances or the transaction of disagreeable business," wrote Dr. Jung. "Physiologists have [measured] the increase in the rate of secretion of saliva when food is being enjoyed, and have been able to show that the secretion of digestive juices in the stomach is affected in the same way. It pays to have an atmosphere of security and quiet at mealtime. Contentment favors normal digestion . . . Sometimes, it is better to eat alone in peace than to sit where one must listen to the complaints of dyspeptics about their food...
...French had to fight to secure themselves when the war began there. Last week Vietnamese authorities estimated that the city's population was up to 340,000 and that Communist sup port was down to about 30%. From Communist-held areas, thousands of ref- ugees who could not stomach Red taxation, conscription and forced labor crowded the city...
...first general audience since recovering from his 57-day siege with a stomach ailment, Pope Pius XII, borne into St. Peter's Basilica on his portable throne, was greeted by thousands of schoolchildren who cheered him for ten solid minutes. Earlier last week Vatican officials again dismissed the rumor that the Pope plans to retire to a monastery because of failing health. For the first time, however, they reportedly admitted that he had despondently considered relinquishing some of his duties last February when his sickness was gravest...
Thenceforward, the little priest lives like "a prisoner of the holy agony." He prays and prays. The pain in his stomach grows worse. One day he collapses, staring in terror and wonder at a vision of the face of Christ-"the face of a child, but without any lighting." A little later he succumbs to cancer of the stomach. He dies murmuring in ecstasy, "All is grace...