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Some are going to have to weigh in at significantly less than the required 155, though because in addition to the individual limit, each boat must average no more than 150 lbs. per person...
Every rower—light or heavy—is required to weigh in before each race. During the fall season the weight restrictions aren’t as stringently enforced, in part because a lot of lightweights still need to lose quite a few pounds—more than they safely could were the regulations applied in full...
...whereas no heavyweight can ever be too heavy—that division has no maximum cutoff to race—all lightweights must weigh in under 155 lbs. to be able to compete...
...strategic incentives for Iran to weigh going nuclear are obvious. For a regime on the United States' hit-list, nuclear weapons may provide a failsafe survival kit - compare the fates of North Korea and Iraq. Iran launched its program at a time when its three most immediate enemies - the U.S., Israel and Saddam Hussein's Iraq - all held, or were in the process of developing, a strategic nuclear threat. And the drive for strategic parity with (or superiority over) rivals is a basic instinct of all nation-states...
...most cases, however, shedding pounds does not weigh as heavily...