Word: weighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...young woman reaches with bony fingers, draws a foreign cigarette from her case, and lights a match. She stretches her long legs across the floor, resting her weight on the tiny pelvis outlined by her jeans. The smoke dances slowly around her soft, beautiful face as she begins to talk about why she is so thin, about her anorexia nervosa...
...they could motivate, rather than by appeal to any right of office. Nowadays people are less easily intimidated and the noble must rely on the social pressure of the community, and therefore he must be very plainly right. If not, his wishes are ignored. At meetings his opinions carry weight and he is usually the spokesman of the various factions, but nothing more...
...network radio for nearly 20 years, she started her guests talking comfortably "by telling a story about them that's funny or sweet." A Missouri-born Baptist, she refused to advertise either alcohol or tobacco but kept a number of food sponsors very happy (and her weight at 180 Ibs. or so) by sampling their products on the air and talking lyrically about them...
...LONG NEWS STORY, even a great long news story, is not the same as a book. Like most reporters who land book contracts, W&B don't seem to understand the difference or just can't find a style that can pull its own weight through several hundred pages. To begin with, The Final Days has no thesis and not even much of a definite focus. Some sections read as though they were stuck in only because W&B had the dope. This approach is fine if you are trying, as in a newspaper, only to generate information...
...team victories and the sunshine were not the only bright spots on the trip. First, Hooks and distance runner Bill Okerman look strong after rebounding from injuries. Other potential point-getters include freshmen McDevitt, Pellegrini and Kinney in the weight events. Campbell and Rafto in the mile, and the amazingly versatile Embree in practically every event you can name...