Word: thin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Force Colonel Norris M. Overly, 43, told a bleaker story of the five months he spent in the "Hanoi Hilton" and other North Vietnamese camps. He and his fellow prisoners were about 30 lbs. underweight, he said, because of a thin diet of watery soup and bread. During his confinement, said Overly, each tiny cell was equipped with a loudspeaker that broadcast "endless hours of propaganda." "We were not treated as prisoners of war," Overly noted. "We were treated as criminals." Regulations posted in the cells began "The criminal will...
...temporary precaution, Suruga led the bend of the U to the abdominal wall and made an opening there; with hair-thin nylon threads running to it from inside the bile ducts to make sure that they stay open, this "window" can be used to draw off fluid or to instill medication. In a few months, if all goes well, the base of the U and the abdominal opening can be closed...
...junior on the varsity team Wolfe leads the fast break and guards the opposition's toughest player. With his thin, wiry body, he often fakes out players five and six inches taller than he on drives to the basket. This year, he won the Beanpot's Tournament's Most Valuable Player award...
...ADLER, independent producer and head of Ode Records. Tall, thin, ultra-soft-spoken multimillionaire of 37. Produced Monterey Festival as well as subsequent film, Monterey Pop. Background as reigning impresario of California surf music (Jan and Dean); later managed the Mamas and the Papas and founded Dunhill Records, which he sold to ABC in 1966 for $3 million. Current label boasts Carole King, Comedy Duo Cheech and Chong and $400,000 new album of Tommy that has earned back $5 million. Dabbles in California real estate, currently dates Actress Britt Eklund. Has houses in Malibu, Bel Air and Jamaica, rises...
...Prince Andrew lands in Scot land and Prince Charles in Wales to lead true Britons back to independence. The United Kingdom, one feels assured, will recapture its flag and muddle through the economic crisis. Pretty thin treacle, and, as another Victorian said, we are not amused...