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...directors and assignment to the agency committee where he will specialize in "human contacts." His formal election will occur in May. Twenty-eight years ago this same company considered Mr. Coolidge a doubtful risk and hesitated to issue him a $3,000 policy because he was 19 lbs. underweight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Coolidge v. Smith | 4/22/1929 | See Source »

...poor and not too homely "baggage," wins her by offering food if she is starving, buys her from debased parents if necessary, scrubs her up if she is filthy, and smuggles her out to the Argentine on a passport doctored or forged to show that the "baggage" is not "underweight" (i.e. under the age of consent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Boss v. Slaves | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

Walter Johnson, still 25 pounds underweight from influenza, left St. Augustine to have his kidneys examined. "You may have to take a rest, Walter," said the doctor. Friends, fans, hearing the news, were worried, remembering how Christy Mathewson, the only pitcher as famed, as great as Johnson, died of tuberculosis (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Diamonds | 4/2/1928 | See Source »

Rain turned the red Georgia earth to clay. Manager Walter Johnson, drawn and underweight from influenza, sat on a bench in plain clothes and a raincoat and watched the Giants in the year's first game beat the Newark Bears, 8 to 0. Bill Terry, infielder, knocked a home run the first time at bat. "Gee, I wish I could get out and throw a few" Johnson said, shifting on the bench...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: In Camp | 3/19/1928 | See Source »

...human race is divided into three types, tall, stocky and neutral," he said. "The overweight and underweight problem will also be discussed. I intent to use many charts and graphs throughout the talk to illustrate my points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRADD TO GIVE FIRST OF MEDICAL SCHOOL TALKS | 1/7/1928 | See Source »

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