Word: weight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...took office last week, Kurt Kiesinger was aware of the dimensions of his?and his countrymen's?dilemma. One-third of all Germans were born after the war, but the war lives on as a heavy weight on their plans for the future. "We are burdened with an enormous crisis of self-confidence," said Kiesinger. "We simply cannot and must not forget the terrible things that happened in our history; yet this memory must not paralyze our energies. A healthy Germany is important not only to us but to the world around us as well. We cannot take leave...
...Clint Jones, 21, Michigan State, 6 ft. 1 in., 201 lbs. If anybody wonders where the old-fashioned 165-lb. scatbacks went, he might take a look at all those 275-lb. defensive tackles playing football these days. "We will always sacrifice quickness for weight," says one scout, but in the case of Farr and Jones, there is nothing to sacrifice-they both run the 100 in under 10 sec., have "the strength to break tackles" and "an eye for the goal line." The pros are also high on Notre Dame's Nick Eddy...
They feel that the emphasis on examinations -- rooted in the weight given to a student's grades -- distorts legal education. first year exam results largely determine student membership in the prestigious honorary extra-curricular ac- tivities -- the Law Review, the Board of Student Advisers, and the Legal Aid Society. And a student's numerical average - down to two decimal points -- is often the major determinant of an employer's decision to hire or reject a Harvard Law graduate...
...student production as any ever written. Its central characters are mostly lecherous old men, its settings myriad, and its comic style demanding of the highest caliber of acting. The fact that Volpone can also lay claim to being one of the greatest comedies ever written becomes irrelevant under the weight of all the obstacles it presents to an untrained cast...
...proposed a new system which would give plus and minus grades much less weight than they have at present...