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Haig knew that Watergate was taking a terrible physical toll of Nixon. The viral pneumonia was the first signal. Yet Nixon could come back to his peak. Said Haig: "The President performed brilliantly in the Middle East and Russia...
Foreman also has a present from his Maker-sheer strength-and it would seem to give him an overwhelming advantage next week. At 25, Foreman is at his powerful peak. With legs as thick as railroad ties and arms that resemble oak limbs, the 6-ft. 3-in., 225-lb. (fighting weight) Foreman is the most feared puncher since Sonny Listen. After a few blows from Foreman, the average heavy punching bag begins to look like a pancake. So do most of his opponents; none of his last eight fights have gone beyond the second round. Says his trainer, Dick...
...constructed a 36-foot schooner for his personal use. His "Cruising Guide to the New England Coast" has become a bible for the New England seafarer. As a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Duncan was an avid climber, listing Mt. Katahdin in Maine and Ben Nevis, the highest peak in Britain, among those he conquered when he had passed...
...average of seven children each (no more than five survived). By the Depression year of 1936, the total fertility rate-the number of children the average woman has during her lifetime-had fallen to a low of 2.1. Twelve years after World War II, it reached a peak of 3.8 (see chart...
Meningitis-inflammation of the parchment-like covering of the brain and spinal cord-was relatively uncommon in Brazil until 1970. Since then, there have been increasingly widespread epidemics reaching a peak during the winter month of June. Normally concentrated among slum children, the disease this year has struck a large proportion of adults. It also appears to have crossed the class barrier, attacking the more affluent residents of São Paulo. Some doctors have suggested that the 1974 microbes may be mutants that are a menace to those handling the dead. So as to reduce the number of those...