Word: weighted
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...century, his emphasis on innateness and universality suddenly takes on new significance. The 19th century ended "with a life-and-death crisis lurking around the corner." Mahler's Ninth Symphony, a great song of death, is the last, barely tonal expression of a bloated Romanticism dying of its own weight. The new century will have to face the disintegration of tonality, a process which began nearly a hundred years earlier with the Beethoven of the Gross Fuge and the last piano sonatas...
Faisal's political weight in the Arab world has increased as his treasury has grown. The King attends Arab summits like the recent Rabat conference and regularly meets with other Arab leaders. But Faisal apparently says little publicly at these sessions. Saudis insist that he is merely obeying one of his own favorite proverbs: "God gave man two ears and one tongue so we could listen twice as much as we talk." One thing is obvious, however. Faisal's money has tightened ties among Arab nations. At Rabat he led a move in which Saudi Arabia, Kuwait...
...sport is still a man who craves exercise, and he had trained for his annual assault on Vail like the seasoned athlete he is. For two months he patiently followed a diet-and-exercise program prescribed by Dr. William Lukash, the White House physician. He got his weight down from 206 Ibs. to 195 Ibs., and he worked hard to correct his special weakness-his knees. Surgeons have operated on both to remove cartilage damaged during his football wars...
...after ratification. The amendment will not repeal any law or invalidate any regulation already on the books. It will, however, provide a basis for challenging existing laws and sexist practices. Hence so-called protective labor legislation for women, such as state laws limiting working hours or the amount of weight a female worker can lift, may be broadened to extend to men or be dropped altogether. Alimony laws could be written in terms of marital contribution and ability to pay, rather than the sex of the spouse. If the draft is reinstated, men or women will be able to challenge...
...Herrnstein, professor of Psychology, sees The Godfather 11 times and and wakes up with a bloody pigeon's head under his pillow. Bok sees The Godfather II 18 times and lays off all Italians. "I tried laying off the Scotch also," Bok explains, "but beer makes me gain weight, and it's bad for my image...