Word: weak
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...successful track season have suffered an almost irreparable blow in the loss of Eddie Calvin, stellar dash man and broad jumper, as the result of an attack of scarlet fever early this year. The speedy Junior, who has been working out steadily since his supposed recovery, is still very weak, and has not been able to round into any sort of form...
...teacher, gave him (at his request) a manicure, and one patriotic young admirer took an oath not to shave until Puerto Rico was independent. As the professor grew weaker, he was moved to a cot in the reading room of the City Hall, facing the square. Too weak to speak, he read by the hour in Dante's Inferno. As the clock struck six one morning, the hour that ended his fast, Pereda sat up, crossed himself, bowed his head in silent prayer, then swallowed two teaspoonfuls of grapefruit juice. He was carried out of the reading room...
Mayo Clinic's Dr. E. C. Kendall was interested in another gland, the adrenal. When a derangement cuts off its flow of hormone, its possessor turns yellow, grows weak, wastes away. Called Addison's disease, this rare ailment was ordinarily fatal until physicians learned to supply the needed hormone from animal sources. But obtainable hormone is scarcer than the disease, and many a victim has died for lack of it. Last week Dr. Kendall reported that Mayo Clinic has isolated the hormone in pure crystalline form, analyzed its chemical composition. With this knowledge chemists may be able...
...Johnson) or the Chicago Cubs (with their new outfielder, Chuck Klein, leading batsman of the league, bought for $125,000 from Philadelphia). The St. Louis Cardinals had a new pitcher, Paul Dean, brother of talkative Jerome ("Dizzy") Dean and a team of fast opportunistic young players. Philadelphia's weak point last year was pitching; Manager Jimmy Wilson was still trying to make up his mind last week which pitchers to keep from a staff of 13. The accident to Maranville left Boston with a weak infield. Brooklyn and Cincinnati looked much as they did at the start...
...February electric refrigerator sales set an all-time record for the month with 82,000 units against a previous high of 53,000 in 1931. February meat sales were 5% above January and 44% above February 1933. Railroad earnings were 191% above February 1933. Commodity prices last week continued weak. Exceptions: eggs, lemons, peanuts and cloverseed...