Word: tenet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cardinal tenet in Dr. Hellebrandt's theory is that if one set of muscles cannot be effectively exercised (as after paralytic polio, when one limb or one side of the body may be affected), it can nevertheless be built up by exercising healthy muscles near by, or the corresponding set on the opposite side. Significant evidence: one subject exercised her left forearm flexor, got a 76% increase in its strength, plus a 20% boost in its antagonist extensor muscle, and an amazing 130% in the unexercised right flexor and 50% in the right extensor...
Reaffirming a Tenet...
Many Americans must have been saddened by President Dwight D. Eisenhower's failure to reaffirm the principle of separation of church and state when faced by the Roman Catholic bishops' statement on birth control. The bishops have tried to impose a tenet of their faith on both Americans and nations receiving aid from...