Word: heavyweight
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...Archbishop of Vienna is a theological heavyweight, speaks six languages and possesses unquestioned pastoral skills. He is, in other words, papabile, one of the dozen or so leading contenders to succeed John Paul. "He looks like a Pope," quipped a Vatican official who observed him in the basilica last week. But on Friday the usually accessible Schönborn wasn't talking, not even when asked about his feelings on bidding the Pope goodbye. Taking my right hand in his large, soft hands, the cleric leaned closer. "Now is the time," he said in perfect English, "for silence and prayer...
Flash back one year ago. The Harvard men’s heavyweight crew entered the spring season the uncontested favorite to win its second consecutive national championship...
During the first weekend of competition, the Radcliffe women’s first varsity heavyweight crew found lucky number seven helpful en route to an early 3-0 mark in spring dual races...
...chemical, finance and energy firms and a chain of resorts. He had his own baseball team, the Hanwha Eagles, and loved to sip soju, a fiery libation, as he and his employees watched them play. But apparently one thing was missing: international prestige. So Kim turned to Republican heavyweight Tom DeLay's former chief of staff, Ed Buckham, in early 2001 to develop what Buckham's lobbying firm described as a "work plan." The goal, according to the first sentence of that five-page proposal, was nothing short of establishing "Chairman Kim as the leading Korean business statesman...
Turn the subject to wrestling, though, and the differences between the two roommates vanish. They are both supremely skilled in their class, Ogunwole in the heavyweight and Preston in the 125-lb. division. Furthermore, they are both contenders for All-America and NCAA bids, honors for which they will compete in this weekend’s crucial EIWA championships in Annapolis...