Word: tillers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that people pass 60 they need less sleep; a standard medical textbook known all doctors as "Best and Taylor"* solemnly avers that such elders need five to seven hours. Where do the medical authorities get such information? Probably from the old wives' tale, suggests Dr. Philip M. Tiller Jr. of New Orleans: so far as he can tell, there are no data to support the statement. And judging from his patients, it just...
...Tiller studied 83 mentally alert and physically active office patients, all 60 or older. When he divided them up by how much sleep they said they got, it turned out that those with the fewest complaints were those who slept eight hours or more, and most often those who also took an afternoon nap. Those who slept seven hours and less had the most complaints - vague tension, nervousness, lethargy and exhaustion...
...Annals of Internal Medicine, Dr. Tiller reports that he prescribed the simplest possible remedy: more sleep...
...situation is similar in the movies. From Rome's Cinecitta to Hollywood, yesteryear's Latin and Anglo-Saxon actresses are being challenged by such talented Teutons as Romy Schneider, Elke Sommer, Nadja Tiller and Senta Berger. Eddie Fisher rebounded from Liz with the help of a Hamburger-pert, blonde Renata Boeck. Tony Curtis left Janet Leigh for dark, Munich-born Christine Kaufmann...
...sail. This results in a strong forward force. As the sail pushes forward trying to eliminate the vacuum, an iceboat can attain fantastic speeds -up to five times the actual wind velocity. The ice sailor hauls in the sheet for more and more zip, aims his boat with a tiller that controls the front runner. Then, sometimes, he prays...