Word: weight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...year-old girl to crumble Alka-Seltzer tablets). Next he moves to miniature silhouettes of humans on the ground 15 ft. away-maximum BB-gun range. The Daisy 199 air rifles used in the program are modified with heavy, military stocks to give a true feeling of weight. After a few hours of training, the recruit moves to M-14 and M-16 automatic rifles whose sights are blocked with strips of tape to prevent aiming...
This is not a vote of confidence in, or congratulation for, homosexuality. Those who suffer from this disability carry a great weight of loneliness, guilt, shame and other difficulties. The crucial question we have to answer is whether, in addition to these other disadvantages, they should also be made subject to the full rigor of the criminal...
...contrasts U.S.P.*minimum standards with its own. Before tableting, says U.S.P., the basic chemical must be in tabular or needlelike crystals or crystalline powder; to produce a dependable dissolving rate, Bayer requires a special flake shape and needle shape (slender, tapered at both ends). U.S.P. permits .5% moisture and weight loss on drying; Bayer will tolerate none. U.S.P. allows up to .1% free salicylic acid; Bayer holds to one-third of that, and halves three other U.S.P. permissible deviations from absolute purity. In the finished tablets, U.S.P. accepts 5% underweight for the active ingredient; Bayer none. U.S.P. permits .15% free...
...free beer. Now, having bought out his secret, Rheingold's Forrest Brewing division has just introduced a no-carbohydrate beer named after Gablinger. On the bottle is an inscription, "Doesn't fill you up," a pitch that Rheingold hopes will make Gablinger's a bestseller among weight-weary beer lovers...
Gablinger's is the kind of brew that a hearty beer fancier might find rather thin, but Rheingold officials feel that the broader taste trend is toward lighter lager. Moreover, says President Relin, no-carbohydrate Gablinger's is "a definite response to a weight watcher's need." He should know. Though careful not to give his new product credit for the feat, Relin has pared his own weight from 280 Ibs. two years ago to 185 Ibs. today...