Word: strenuousness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Thursday and decided to wait until Monday before returning to Durham, N.C. (The home of Duke) in order to enjoy an extra night of partying. Although this four-game weekend severely tested the imbibing endurance of fans, next weekend's trip to St. Louis could prove even more strenuous...
Penders and Harvard coach Frank McLaughlin are both members of a new breed of young, aggressive coaches who have earned their noms de guerre as recruiters. McLaughlin, who before coming to Harvard recruited hoopsters for Notre Dame as Digger Phelps' assistant, finds the recruiting game so strenuous that he believes no basketball coach can expect his career to exceed ten years...
...women will take on Tufts tonight at 8 p.m. in the Jumbos' arena in what looks to be another less-than-strenuous contest. The women then close out their season Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in the IAB against a very strong Boston University contingent...
...Sheehan and Geoff Stiles of the varsity Indoor Track team are continuing strenuous workouts in preparation for next weekend's Greater Boston Championships...
Your report of our study of Harvard alumni well emphasizes the importance of strenuous exercise to lower risk of heart attack [Dec. 12]. But, alas, you err grievously in adding that smoking, overweight, high blood pressure and family history of heart trouble "did not seem to matter much." Exercise does not abolish the hazards of these adverse characteristics, but reduces heart-attack risk whether they are present or not. Active men who don't smoke cigarettes have one-third the risk of inactive men who smoke. Active normotensive men have one-fourth the risk...