Word: hefting
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...with slow-motion artistry. The attractive cast can sell an obsession or articulate a conundrum with equal fervor. Eva Green, in the token-girl role every action epic needs, has a classic movie star's beauty and allure, and Bloom has matured splendidly (the beard helps). He gives Balian heft and winsomeness as a pensive man of action...
...good news: it is important for the young to stay lean, but a little heft helps people live longer, according to a federal researcher at the Gerontology Research Center in Baltimore. The bad news: many obesity and cardiovascular specialists say that lifelong leanness is still the desirable goal...
...most accomplished conservative presence in America today. Even post-OxyContin, Limbaugh has greater reach; Sean Hannity has his own TV show; old-guard guys like William Kristol and George Will have more power in Washington. Countless conservative scholars--Thomas Sowell, Milton Friedman, Richard Posner--write with greater intellectual heft...
...when the uncut version was released there in 1983 and actually brought a few dollars' profit into the distribution coffers. Technology will ultimately settle the score. The full version of Heaven's Gate is available at the neighborhood video store in two cassettes that are about the size and heft of Final Cut. The book is good, but, as it turns out for once, the movie is even better. The business will not appreciate the irony, nor is it likely to learn lessons from any of this. Final Cut makes a fine textbook and a strong caution, but Hollywood...
...Combined, India and China account for nearly 40% of the world's population. Fueled by turbo-charged growth, they are both consolidating their positions as central actors in the international economy. Inevitably, their economic heft will be accompanied by political influence. China is pursuing economic alliances everywhere from Southeast Asia to Latin America; India may well soon have a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. Taken together, India's and China's rise to prominence is the great story of our time...