Word: strains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...addition to its other hazards, Antabuse (the drug to combat alcoholism, now officially renamed disulfiram) should not be given to alcoholics with heart trouble. Taken with a little alcohol, as it must be to bring on the reaction which makes patients swear off liquor, the drug puts a strain on any heart...
...debt-limit squeeze between now and January, when first-quarter tax collections will temporarily ease the strain, is a minor headache compared to the big squeeze that lies beyond, in the fiscal year 1955 (which actually begins July 1, 1954). Despite economies of $13.3 billion in the 1954 budget, the Administration expects to run at least $4 billion in the red. On top of that, tax cuts loom ahead. On Jan. 1, as the laws now stand, excess profits taxes expire and personal income taxes drop 11%; a clutch of excise taxes will end April 1. Estimated revenue loss: more...
...middle of a sleepless night. He is compulsive about keeping appointments on the dot. He does not know how to relax. He can delegate little work, though his heart has begun to protest and doctors have warned him that he must rest. This summer he subjected himself to tremendous strain by personally handling his elaborate press relations-with results that a professional pressagent might envy. Though he decries publicity for himself, he wants it for his work...
...Special Strain. Herter took the oath of office last January under the State House murals his father painted, and set himself a breathtaking pace that allows little time for social life (which he doesn't care for), bridge (he is one of the best players in Boston) or even the leisurely perusal of a newspaper. In the past the Herters spent frequent holidays in South Carolina at Mrs. Herter's family's 12,000-acre game preserve (Herter is a crack shot). Nowadays they occasionally get away for a few 'days at Mountainy Pound Club near...
Herter's face is boyish, and he looks tanned and fit, but the breakneck pace of his official duties is a special strain because he suffers painfully from arthritis which is slowly stiffening his hips. Twice weekly he submits to the ministrations of a masseuse, and he keeps a bottle of Bufferin handy for use when the pain becomes too intense. The arthritis is degenerative, though cortisone and Terramycin have slowed its progress...