Word: hefted
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Guns have a sort of irresistible black magic about them. A good gun has such lovely heft, a densely sinister weight in the hand. The brain is wired to the trigger finger and fires on impulse. The finger twitches, and -- blam! -- the life across a distance -- poof! -- disintegrates: an existence powdered. The finger did it on a whim. The desacralization of life, a society of emotional disconnection: killing is a kind of dream-sequence video. Conscience is disconnected from trigger finger. Child is disconnected from future. Bullet is ; disconnected from gun muzzle and, once fired, can never be recalled...
Some female officers have qualms as well about highlighting gender-based differences in police work, especially women who have struggled for years to achieve equity in mostly male departments. The women fear that emphasizing their "people skills" will reinforce the charge that they don't have the heft or toughness to handle a crisis on the street. But while women generally lack upper-body strength, studies consistently show that in situations in which force is needed, they perform as effectively as their male counterparts by using alternatives, such as karate, twist locks or a baton instead of their fists...
...detailed program that causes people to believe you have a core, then when you make mistakes or have to account for past ones, they will let it slide. They'll even let you add two-and-two to five now and then. If you can't point to some heft behind you as a cushion, the voters think you're just the sum of your advisers' rhetoric and that you can't even get that right. That's why I'm often too specific. I know I have to work more to connect with an overarching vision, but I need...
...still a shimmering soprano, says, "The first word to learn is no, if you want a career." Says Pavarotti: "Go easy. One new role a year is plenty." Before his Otello, sung in a concert version with the Chicago Symphony, music fans speculated that he lacked the declamatory heft for the part. But Pavarotti not only had it; he was able to sing three out of four performances with a bad cough...
...fact, capital insiders viewed Cannon that way too because of his superior coverage of Reagan. Now, in his third book on the subject, Cannon caps 25 years of Reagan watching in monumental fashion. The volume's heft and density are intimidating, but President Reagan is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the star of politics in the 1980s. On one level it is an exhaustive account of the Administration, with new material added to the familiar chronology...