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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 21, 1981

Page

7

Women Embrace Weight Training for Tone and Strength

The feature notes a rising trend of women joining weight training for muscle tone and athletic definition rather than bulk. Mike Gossett of Mike's Gym in Rich Plaza reports women focus on repetitions and targeted muscle groups, with encouragement for at least one rest day between sessions and a three day weekly start.

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Yellow Pages as a Language of Frustration and Jargon

The excerpt compares phone books to dictionaries, noting the Yellow Pages teach a formalized tongue. It mocks generic terms like plumber becoming plumbing contractor and roaches under Pest Control, highlighting oblique phrasing and category shifts in listings.

Yellow Pages lore and the hunt for doctors and markets

A humorous reflection on confusing Yellow Pages organization from Erma Bombeck style humor. The narrator describes locating doctors under Physicians and Surgeons and dealers under odd cross references, noting how search paths like See Flea Market or See First Aid Supplies complicate finding services and goods. The piece mocks directory structure and even cites Bell seeking aid in 1876.

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