Word: waists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...through the period carries a mental collage of its dense popular culture; one remembers it now with a small smile of disbelief at the ingenious pointlessness of it: Milton Berle and Pinky Lee, My Little Margie and American Bandstand, Gorgeous George and Johnny Ray, and Elvis televised from the waist up on the Ed Sullivan Show. Grace Metalious (Peyton Place) and Mickey Spillane were available for mildly salacious excitement; the new tranquilizers (Miltown, Thorazine) saw to the jitters of civilization; Fulton Sheen and Norman Vincent Peale attended to the soul...
...Japanese, not expecting a newcomer to follow protocol, were not upset by Carter's performance. Later, however, Carter clearly startled Ohira's widow with a display of American informality while paying a call on her. He greeted her with a kiss, then slipped his arm around her waist when leading her into the Ohira family home...
...jargon of three generations, throwaway lines ("A writer is Like his pencil. He must be worn down to be kept sharp"), and a dandy piece of burlesque when Peachum tries to undress Officer d'Amboise in her patrol car ("Deploying my right hand slowly downward along her waist, I tried to unzip her trousers, but first had to contend with her cartridge belt...
...actual physical examination begins even before the patient crawls onto the examining table. Says Columbia's Keim: "I like to watch the patient undress, see how he moves, sits, stands." The doctor may ask the patient to perform various exercises -walking on heels and tiptoes, bending from the waist, twisting, reaching as high as possible with the hands. Lying on the table, the patient will probably be made to continue the gymnastics with movements of the legs and hips. The doctor will feel around the abdominal area for tumors, which may be the real problem. He will also probe...
When picking up or lifting things, do not bend from the waist. Squat, keeping the back straight. That reduces pressure on the lumbar area, site of most backaches...