Word: weight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most persistent myth is that girth somehow determines worth, a legend that one doctor says stems from the fact that many of the early Italian singers seemed to be congenitally fat. Today, however, with the emphasis on realistic drama and the lure of TV and films, the net weight of the singers has dropped a ton or two since the early 1900s. Still, most of them are not exactly skinny. Singing opera is extremely demanding physically; and generally, the heartier the singer, the heartier the singing. Some fans of Maria Callas contend that she sang much better 13 years...
...Johnson. His physicians suggested that the operation, along with another to remove a 3-mm. polyp from his throat (see MEDICINE), should take place in 15 to 18 days. In the meantime, he was ordered to begin "a reduced schedule of activity" at once, and to take off some weight (currently about 215 Ibs.). For that reason, he said, he was leaving the following day for Texas...
...story of surgical failure." But that is not a reflection on the surgeon, rather it is a reflection on the patient's anatomy. An unathletic man like the President is likely to have relatively weak belly muscles, and L.B.J.'s have been further weakened by his weight gain of almost 20 Ibs. in the past year. The intestines and other internal organs, exerting pressure against the muscle wall, found a weak spot at the drain site and forced an opening. A piece of intestine (it may be either the large or small bow el) has pushed through. Finger...
...cost of the F-4 Phantoms the U.S. is using in Viet Nam-the Freedom Fighter is a lot of plane. With a razor-thin wingspan of only 27 ft., the F-5 can carry ordnance, including nuclear bombs, weighing up to half of its own 61-ton weight. That makes it, pound for pound, just about the biggest payload carrier of any supersonic plane. So maneuverable is it that pilots claim that "under 30,000 feet, the F-5 can lick anything that flies-no matter how fast...
...Whatever the verdict history eventually passes on Mr. Johnson's policy in Viet Nam, he has shown that the United States is as willing to exert its influence in Asia as it is in Europe. The shift of America's weight to its Pacific flank is making itself felt...