Word: underweights
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Careerpuellae mrsrooseveltiac. Those who drown their emotions in activities (classic dance groups, political forums, et al.) These are unhappy unless they have some responsibility. They are usually underweight, worried, and dress comfortably rather than attractively. They work for Causes, and account for the rest of the first 33 1-3 per cent...
Cinemactor Jimmy Stewart gorged himself up to Army weight, was told he would be called this month (his Los Angeles draft board had previously found him 10 lb. underweight-TIME, Feb. 17). Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes's grandson Henry Stuart Hughes quit the Brown University faculty (history), joined the 103rd Field Artillery from Rhode Island. Draft Prospect William McChesney Martin Jr., 34, promised to resign his presidency of the New York Stock Exchange when he is called in May (see p. 78). Jaded, faded Jackie Coogan, 26, got his Hollywood board to draft him ahead of his normal...
...draft districts from Bar Harbor to San Luis Obispo. Told to administer the draft and grant deferments as they saw fit, no two boards saw eye to eye. In Los Angeles, a board placed Cinemactor James Stewart in Class I-B (for limited service) because he was ten pounds underweight. (Jimmy Stewart, weight 145, declared he wanted to serve.) In Chicago, a husky named Len Weiner was drafted although (at 245 Ib.) he was well over Army weight standards...
Johnny Coulouriotes won the Jumbos lone five points when he floored underweight Bill Taylor in 4:09 in the 136-pound class. Taylor was wrestling for ace Jim Redmon, who is benched with an injured knee...
...their basic physique types do not change. Thus weight tables which give "normal weights" against height and age, without regard to structural type, mean less than nothing. Example: A heavy woman of type 632 frets because she thinks she is 30 Ib. overweight, whereas she is actually 30 Ib. underweight for her type and ought to stop dieting at once...