Word: weighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sales of diet books and enrollment in weight-loss programs are any indication, most of the more than 70 million Americans who are overweight are trying to slim down. But, the American Medical Association warns, weight-watchers should reduce with care. According to the A.M.A., two currently popular quick-loss plans offer more risks than lasting rewards...
...A.M.A.'s concerns is the treatment offered by Simeons Weight Clinics, a chain of "fat clubs" with branches throughout the U.S. The A.M.A. notes that Simeons clients are placed on a diet of 500 calories a day for 42 to 60 days. They are also given injections of a substance called human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), which is extracted from the urine of pregnant women. The regimen's proponents claim that HCG helps patients stick to their diets and burn up fats better...
...Crimson opened the meet by taking all three places in the 35-pound weight toss. Dan Jiggetts won it with a personal best of 56'4" on his last attempt. Co-captain Steve Niemi took second, while freshman Ed Ajootian finished third...
...settlement along these lines would also create a much-improved environment for negotiations on oil supply and prices. It would greatly increase the political influence of Saudi Arabia, and therefore its weight as a force for moderation within OPEC, some of whose non-Arab members, notably Iran and Venezuela, have been most insistent on price increases. Saudi Arabia would be liberated, in effect, to do what King Faisal wants very much to do: cooperate to keep the West, and especially the U.S. on which Saudi Arabia relies, prosperous and strong...
...afternoon for an hour and a half, often with the Horowitz zoo-one poodle and four cats-in attendance. His regimen includes a strict diet offish, fowl and vegetables, and it shows: at 5 ft. 9% in., he is rarely more than a pound or two from his preferred weight...