Word: weighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...able to steam through a monsoon one week, subantarctic storms off the Cape of Good Hope the next, pass through the tropics, then the Biscay or North Atlantic coast gales. These subject its great length to severe hogging and sagging, with its broad decks constantly subjected to the weight of tremendous quantities of sea water because of the low freeboard of the loaded ship...
...Heavy Weight...
...This was really an attempt to resurrect the old anti-abortion laws, and now that Edelin has been cleared, I think it will take some of the weight off of physicians who are presently performing abortions...
...period of seemingly clear-cut divisions, we saw little need for an explicit definition of the national interest. We saw economic problems around the world of the kind we had solved successfully in our own country, and sought to overwhelm them with the weight of resources, assuming that economic progress automatically led to political stability. In short, without making a conscious design to do so, we were trying to shape the world to our design...
...oxygen), hypertension (high blood pressure), heart disease and in some cases sudden death. Nor is it easily treatable. Conventional sleeping pills can actually worsen the problem by increasing the breathing difficulty. Removing the tonsils and adenoids to make a larger breathing passage seems to work only in children. Shedding weight makes little difference. Jokes the still overweight Siegel: "I've lost 3,000 pounds over the years...