Word: heavier
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...European experts. Many cities and states have announced pay raises of as much as 40% to dissuade cops from joining the narcos. In San Pedro, Margáin has created trusts to finance better housing and benefits for police, and he'll spend $500,000 this year to give them heavier weapons, like AR-15 automatic rifles. "Mexico has no choice," he says, "but to start treating police with more human dignity...
...bags. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, demand for paper bags in the U.S. consumes 14 million trees a year. And the Environmental Protection Agency has noted that the production of paper bags involves more energy use and water pollution than that of plastic bags. Paper bags are heavier--and therefore use more fossil fuel during shipping--although they are biodegradable and recyclable. They're also more expensive for retailers, at 5.7˘ per bag (and up to 17.6˘ for ones with handles) in contrast to 2.2˘ per plastic bag. Given the downside to both paper...
...symbolic weight of this decision may actually be heavier than the practical effect. Church progressives, and indeed some conservatives, are asking why Benedict went out of his way to reopen a hot-button issue that, for the vast majority of Catholics, has long been settled. With traditionalists emboldened and progressives feeling under siege, the Church hierarchy and local bishops may wind up caught in the crossfire. Still, on a more substantive level, Benedict's real long-term objective may be a sort of "counter-reform" of the alternative practices of the new Mass rather than a widespread return...
Vanessa Porto made her name in one of the most watched videos on Brazilian sports websites. There, Porto, 23, took on an opponent named Cristiane Cyborg, a woman much bigger and heavier than her in Vale Tudo, the pastime North Americans call Ultimate Fighting. Porto did not win that fight but she stood her ground and ended the match on her feet, becoming a legend by aggressively going the distance. Now, Ultimate Fighting is Porto's career and she one of a handful of women who are rising stars in the controversial male-dominated sport...
...longer grunge rockers but rather a bunch of middle-aged dudes. The six-minute, 32-second song is laced with a variety of different guitar motifs for the first two-thirds or so, smoothly transitioning from shrill cries to fast, distorted licks, and finally to a much heavier plunking. The last minutes of the song are all guitar noodling, accompanied by throbbing drums and a simple, fuzzy backing guitar. The solo sings out beautifully, fluctuating between leisurely slides and quick hammers. “It’s Me,” the album’s seventh track...