Word: pima
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jackson also scored well in parts of Pima County, which includes Tucson. He won the rural counties of Apache and Coconino, while Dukakis took the other 11 rural counties...
...team from the National Institutes of Health found a link between low metabolism rates and excessive weight gain over a period of several years. Their subjects were 171 Pima Indians in Arizona, a tribe in which two-thirds of the women and half the men are obese. Though there were variations among individuals, researchers generally found that the slower the metabolism, the greater the weight gain. Yet after a gain of between 20 lbs. and 45 lbs., % metabolism rates changed, rising to a new level...
...duds for her five-year-old son Brandon. Joel Stillman, 38, and his wife Renee, 38, of suburban Detroit spent $800 on smart-looking ski outfits and equipment for their son Jonathon, 11, and daughter Sara, 8. Karen Topalian, 40, bought her daughter Kendra, almost 2, a $120 yellow pima cotton frock. Says Topalian, who lives in Cohasset, Mass.: "I love my children to look nice...
...interviewed food-industry spokesmen and talked to Milwaukee doctors studying heart-disease risk factors such as smoking and job-related stress. Crooks interviewed scientists at universities and medical centers, spoke with teachers participating in a health-improvement scheme and talked to National Institutes of Health researchers about the amazing Pima Indians, who have very low heart-attack rates. Since last year, when she covered the progress of Artificial Heart Recipient Barney Clark for TIME, Crooks has become something of an expert on medical subjects, although her degree from Arizona State in 1977 is in music history. "Medical reporting is exciting...
...spindly jojoba thrives on the arid conditions of the Southwest. Indians of the region, including the Pima and Papago tribes, once used the bean's oily wax as a hair conditioner to protect against the drying effects of sun and wind...