Word: weighting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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However, when University President Lloyd Elliott was asked to displace his jump shooters for journalists, he refused: it would mean disrupting the season's first game and inconveniencing students using weight rooms and other facilities. Snapped a White House official: "Gimme a break...
...roster lists his weight as 185-lbs. Yeah, and Tinkerbell weighs...
Paul Z. Lanni, financial officer for the union, said yesterday that his group sympathasizes with the ten striking unions and hopes to "make MIT put pressure on EG&G to negotiate with the people who are out on strike because MIT has a lot of weight with...
Experts point out that people who embark on a low fat-high exercise program in order to achieve a lean body may be surprised by one common result. Replacing fat with muscle often produces only a minor drop in weight, and sometimes even a gain. Patti O'Brien, 34, an editor in New York City who participates in triathlons, has reduced her body fat from 17% to about 11% over the past 18 months; she now weighs 132 lbs., only 3 lbs. less than before. Still, she does have a firmer, slimmer body. Says a jubilant O'Brien: "My clothing...
Looking for a way to trim a few pounds? How about the Laundromat? At a new establishment in Vista, Calif., called Clean & Lean, you can get your clothes and your body into shape. The Laundromat-fitness center features exercise bikes, jogging mats and twelve different weight machines along with its washers and dryers. The exercise circuit takes 25 minutes, just enough time to get through the spin cycle. At 75 cents a wash and $3.50 a workout, Owner Greg Trabert insists, business is "fantastic." And no wonder: customers have to come back soon to wash their exercise togs...