Word: lighter
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...Jones industrial average rose 9.76 points to 5,636.64. Volume was lighter by recent standards at 327.82 million shares as of 4 p.m., down from Thursday's level. Broad-market indexes closed higher, with the NYSE's composite index up 0.71 to 348.77, the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose 1.42 to 650.61, the Nasdaq composite index up 1.44 to 1,101.23, and the American Stock Exchange's market value index increasing1.03 points to 569.35. In London, gold closed...
Echegaray said she approached the Administrative Board to explain her ailment and request a lighter class load this semester...
...whole history--it will tell us a lot about how it formed. And combined with the gravity measurements, it will tell us what the density is." That's important because in a large object like a planetesimal, iron and other metals sink to the core under gravity, while lighter rock stays closer to the surface. A very dense or a relatively light Eros would suggest that it was once part of a larger body that was later destroyed, a well-preserved relic of the solar system's violent youth. Says Zuber: "An asteroid is essentially a snapshot of the planetary...
...study compared students who use marijuana an average of 29 days per month to light smokers who use the drug one or two days a month. On tests measuring verbal and attention skills, the heavier users fared worse than the lighter users, according to a press release...
...Jones industrial average fell today to 5,458.53, losing 44.79 points. Trading was lighter today, totaling 395.02 million shares as compared with 432.38 million in the previous session. The NYSE composite index fell 3.92 to 342.27, and the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index fell 7.33 to 640.65. The Nasdaq composite index fell 9.00 to 1,081.71, and the AMEX market value index fell 3.32 to 558.52. In London gold closed...