Word: weighs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dean for two-and-a-half years. Bok rolls his eyes when he discusses the dilemma he faced; after all, he had barely begun his tenure and to leave Langdell meant abandoning his plans. Bok also had to deal with what he calls a "classic problem: how you weigh an opportunity to work in a domain that's smaller and more accessible--where you can deal directly with people's problems--as opposed to a much larger institution with a much greater range of opportunities and challenges and the inevitable difficulty of dealing with people at a greater distance...
MILWAUKEE BREWERS: The Brewers have outstanding hitting, but their pitching, especially in the bullpen, is suspect. The loss of manager George Bamberger due to a pre-season heart attack could weigh heavily on young hurlers Moose Haas and Lary Sorenson...
...large, though, Independents are likely to weigh in on the Democratic ticket as they have in the past, and, as they have in the last 17 years of senate races, they are likely to vote for Kennedy--out of habit, if nothing else. Although Massachusetts voters probably won't be looking over their shoulders to New Hampshire (heavily blue collar and Catholic, despite liberals seeping across the line seeking lower taxes) to tell them how to vote, an especially poor showing by Kennedy there could prompt more active support in Massachusetts. But the Kennedy camp is wise to be wary...
...report also emphasized that pregnant women who smoke risk spontaneous abortion and neonatal death, and that their babies weigh an average 200 gm (7 oz.) less than those of nonsmoking mothers. And though smoking among both men and women overall has declined, young women between 17 and 24 are now outsmoking their male peers...
...niece finds her floating like a balloon about the house, being hectored and scolded by mysteriously televised rabbis. She pleads her disbelief, to no avail. "Foolish woman," a rabbi replies, "a soul goes in and out of belief a hundred times a day. Belief is too fragile to weigh a minute on. You stopped running after Him, looking for Him, struggling with Him. Even His Laws you turned from...