Word: cut
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...make wrestlers and teams reconsider drastic weight-loss, the NCAA has moved weigh-ins from 24 hours before a meet to 2 hours before a meet. Now, instead of having 24 hours to recover from the dehydration, a wrestler would be severely weakened in his match if he had cut weight. Also, the NCAA has created a seven-pound buffer on the upper end of its weight classes, meaning that a wrestler who operates in the 118-pound class can actually weigh up to 125 pounds at weigh...
Speaking out in favor of the later weigh-in time, Weiss said, "The closer we get to competition now, the less weight will be cut. This should not be an overnight process...
...college and beyond. He has already expanded Pell Grants and made the interest on student loans tax-deductible to make college more affordable and accessible. One of his proposals would reduce class sizes in the first to third grades by hiring more teachers and providing a school construction tax cut. He has also proposed a G.I. Bill for Workers, consolidating the multitude of federal job training programs into one skills grant to give unemployed workers the flexibility to choose the most suitable training program...
Even the bartenders in this room are a little more traditional. One, a clean-cut man of about twenty-five, is politely taking drink orders and serving them with a smile...
...proffer of an immunity deal from Monica Lewinsky's lawyers, according to sources. And the Wall Street Journal is reporting that a White House steward told the Starr grand jury he saw Lewinsky and the President alone together--and cleaned up some potentially incriminating napkins. Iraqi Offer Doesn't Cut It It's no dice for Iraq's latest attempt to wriggle out of the current crisis. TIME explains what the U.S. needs to hear from Saddam. Full Story