Word: weighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chicago holdup man. "I know the value of life has no weight. These younger criminals, they're sick. They have no motive for what they're doing...
...body's joints, the ankle is one of the most complex. It is an intricate hinge that not only supports the weight of the entire body but allows the foot to rotate and tilt through a range of angles. Doctors have learned to replace diseased or injured finger joints, hips, shoulders and knees with effective, man-made spares. But they have had only limited success with artificial ankles. In many cases the best they could do was to put in a hinge that allowed the foot to move only up or down. The accepted treatment for most patients with...
...came out late for the squad after the football season and was soon sidelined with an injury. After wrestling in only three bouts during the entire season. D'Agostino made a remarkable effort at the Eastern Championships, held at Navy, picking up a fifth place in the 190-pound weight class for the only Crimson score...
Such sinking, called subsidence by geologists, can occur naturally. In river deltas, for example, as muddy sediments pile up, their weight often grows great enough to press down the land beneath them. Subsidence can also take place on a larger scale as a byproduct of the creeping movements of the giant, continent-sized plates that make up the earth's surface. Whatever the cause, natural subsidence is extremely slow and almost imperceptible. It is subsidence caused by humans that is taking place with alarming speed in many parts of the U.S. and elsewhere...
...violated by both sides-and they were. Now we must be careful to read the right lessons for the future. First, we must be critical and cautious where and how we commit American power. In South Viet Nam there was no political structure sufficiently sturdy to bear the weight of our power. Second, we must be certain when forces are committed in support of American interests that our interests are more than marginal, as was not the case in Viet...