Word: weighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wrestling are the most superbly conditioned athletes in the world. This fact may be ascertained in any technical manual on human biology, and has been documented by the Defense Department's classified file on manpower emergencies. You might not think that the McGuire twins, Billie and Bennie (whose combined weight exceeds 1300 pounds, and who have to wear custom built undershorts to keep their stomachs from banging against their knees) would be much in the speed department, but recent tests performed at a Utah laboratory prove that they are the equal of any Olympic sprinter in speed and agility...
Ajootian, who was second at the national NCAAs during the indoor season in the 35 lb. weight throw, said that he has the best throw in the East right now. "Things change every week though," he added...
...consists of an aluminum shell dimpled with 426 so-called cube-corner prism reflectors. Each of the prisms reflects directly to the source a laser beam striking it from any angle. Inside the sphere is a solid brass core, which contributes most of the 903-Ib. satellite's weight. Because it is so small yet has so much mass, LAGEOS will not be much affected by any traces of the earth's atmosphere, particles in the solar wind, or variations in the earth's gravity field. As a result, its orbit will be extremely stable...
Responding to Glazer's "colorblind" comment, Allison, a black, said "with all the handicaps you've already put on me, I'm supposed to forget about it and run the 100-yard dash with you with a twentypound weight around my neck. That weight may seem invisible to you, but it sure slows down the process...
...tell Mark, then 29, that he had but five months to live. But there was a tradition of honesty in their marriage, and she realized she needed to draw strength from him. "The truth set us free," she says. "When I told him, he cried ... But a huge weight lifted because we could share it." Sneaking her new baby into the hospital under a poncho, Sandy nursed her by Mark's bedside. This homey act gave her husband a peaceful sense of the continuity of life, she explains. For the viewer, this serene prologue to the dying patients awakens...