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...concept of illness expands continually at the expense of the concept of moral failure . . . The significance of this question of who is sick and who is sinful can not be laughed off as 'merely semantic' . . . No verbal tricks with definitions will alter the practical consequences, in our culture, of drawing the boundary between health and illness in one place rather than another...
...slight damper on our long-range planning." Department Store (Daniels & Fisher) President Joe Ross worried that the money shortage might cut back on Denver's "tremendous growth." Complained Ross: "The cost of expansion is prohibitive because of the money rates." But few businessmen had been forced to alter building and modernization plans. Actually, the elimination of marginal industrial expansion had been one of FRB's chief aims. With 1956 capital expenditures running 30% ahead of last year's rate, much expansion could be postponed without damage to the economy...
...only are the possibilities of judging physical fitness limited by the step-test method, Parker added, but the results can also vary greatly from day to day. "Factors such as a cold or lack of sleep can considerably alter the analysis," he said...
...waters outside the harbor of Rangoon, loaded ships lay at anchor. Out at sea other Rangoon-bound vessels got orders to alter course. Along Strand Road, Rangoon's wharfside thoroughfare, government officials, merchants and shipping agents found themselves confronted everywhere by the cause of the distress. In warehouses, on docks, even in the port health station, thousands of bags of cement were piled high, crowding out all else and paralyzing the port. And more cement...
Chronic heavy drinking can and does alter facial features; and it produces no Olympic winners, except in bobsledding. But an occasional beer is harmless. If legal restrictions were limited to heavy drinking, popular support might make effective enforcement more possible. If a large segment of bartenders' sales were made legal, they might join with the law in preserving the health of the beardless minor. And by robbing drinking of the romantic character given by its illegality, heavy consumption might decrease...