Word: weighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Radcliffe track team ran in its first meet last Saturday in the Springfield Invitational and came away with only a third place in the 440 weight relay...
Recognizing that the gold might be part of South Viet Nam's and Cambodia's reserves, Balair refused. It claimed that such a high-density cargo posed dangerous weight and balance problems for the plane. A 16-ton load of gold placed in a 5-ft.-square section of the cabin could crash through the floor and out the fuselage...
...Vietnamese persisted. What if they spread the bullion on pallets so the weight could be distributed? The Swiss again demurred, this time pointing out that Balair had received overflight permission only for humanitarian purposes. Thus when the DC-8 stopped for refueling in Bangkok and Bahrain, the cargo might be inspected. Only then did the Vietnamese back off; they realized that either the Thais or Bahrainis could confiscate the hoard without compensation. At week's end the bullion was apparently still in Saigon-palletized and awaiting a more willing air carrier...
...Most of the smoke in a crowded nightclub, for example, comes from the burning ends of cigarettes, and just drifts off into the room." Hinds explained. "We measured the weight of smoke particles actually detected in a room, and found it to be comparatively small...
...screen is completely dark as Shampoo begins. We hear the always-humorous sounds of a bed creaking under the weight of a couple laboring away in their pleasure-making. In a moment there is the thud of something knocking repeatedly against wood. "Ugh...move down some, I'm hitting my head," a female voice can barely whisper between her increasingly heavy pants. The sounds of wriggling in the bed. The panting continues...