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...U.S.C. pool, visual memory kicked in, and it was easy to tell which of the swimmers churning 50-m lengths at three-quarter speed was Evans. But she's taller now by a couple of inches--that was clear as she eased out of the pool--and heavier by nearly 20 lbs. of hydrodynamic muscle. This is a change in body mass from waiflike to slim, but it explains why Evans has competed unsuccessfully for so many years against an elusive sprite named Janet...
...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...