Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...elsewhere subsidizing what could be considered the largest health-club chain in the nation, allowing tens of thousands of otherwise scrawny murderers, muggers and rapists to transform themselves into muscle monsters? The issue so incensed Milwaukee County supervisors that they voted 13 to 10 last month to ban weight lifting in the county's 1,400-inmate prison, a move they hope will ignite a nationwide campaign against the cult of prison body-building. Says Roger Quindel, a sponsor of the ban and an amateur weight lifter: "Allowing these guys to bulk up in prison is so stupid...
Prison officials, however, don't follow the logic. Most correctional officers strongly oppose such a ban; Milwaukee prison officials are starting a petition drive against the supervisors' decision. "Weight lifting is a tool to help control the inmates," says Jeff Mayer, security manager at the House of Correction. Currently, inmates are allowed only 50 min. a day in the gym, which leaves plenty of time for more cerebral pursuits. Those who avoid prison violations for at least 30 days earn extra time to pump iron, while troublemakers are denied barbell privileges. Says Sergeant Andrew Lammers, the gym director: "If inmates...
What about the behemoths who get out? "Most of them just shrivel up on the streets," says Lammers, who has 16-in. biceps and benches 325 lbs. Deputy superintendent Lev Baldwin thinks it's unfair to single out weight lifting as criminal empowerment. "What's the difference," he asks, "between allowing them to get big muscles or letting them do aerobics so they can snatch purses and run faster?" The inmates themselves chuckle at the notion that biceps are a crook's best friends. Says prisoner Philip Shaw, 31, who resorts to 1,000 push-ups a day when...
...pediatrics at Maimonides and co-author of the study. "When you give children one single source of calories, like juice, you're not giving them the minerals and nutrients for normal growth." Shortly after the parents started giving their children less juice and more milk, the infants began gaining weight...
...most prolific and protean songwriters of his generation. Known for lean, melodious three-minute songs with scathing lyrics about sexual guilt and revenge, he reigned for more than a decade as the acerbic headliner of progressive pop. Then came the '90s. Once a skinny faux nerd, Costello put on weight and grew a beard. His last pop album, 1991's sentimental Mighty like a Rose, was a disappointment. After last year's The Juliet Letters, a sedate song cycle that Costello recorded with the Brodsky Quartet, even devoted fans started wondering if he had lost his stinging touch...