Word: heavier
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...Zyuganov's collection of Russian communists, the emphasis on the word Russian is perhaps heavier than on the word communist. In building a new statist movement, Zyuganov seems to be readying another version of the red-brown--that is, communist-nationalist--alliance that shook the democrats in parliament a few years ago. Zyuganov is calling on all "patriots" to rally around his banner in the cause of a powerful Russian state, an alternative to the West. His basic appeal is to all who feel anger, pain and shame at the demise of the great Soviet Union and the decline...
...Jones industrial average fell 43.71 to 5587.14 today. Trading was heavier totaling 413.01 million shares as of 4 p.m., vs. 368.29 million in the previous session. The NYSE's composite index fell 1.36 points to 346.92. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index fell 3.44 to 645.50. The Nasdaq composite index rose 9.58 to 1,104.41. The AMEX market value index rose 5.23 to 571.38. In London, gold closed...
...could say that the perpetrator's punishment is no heavier than the burden that his or her victim will have to carry. For the victim, there is no possibility of waking up one morning and no longer having been abused. However, as rhetorically compelling as this argument may be, it is not satisfying. Although the victim will have to live forever with the sexual abuse, there is the possibility of privatizing the experience, of healing and of moving on. It is this option that, according to the new laws, will no longer be available to the criminal. There...
...when we sing and dance tonight, our voices will be softer and our steps heavier. But we will go on, with life and with living. For we must...
...study compared students who use marijuana an average of 29 days per month to light smokers who use the drug one or two days a month. On tests measuring verbal and attention skills, the heavier users fared worse than the lighter users, according to a press release...