Word: weighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...legal horrors is an Arkansas regulation requiring trucks traveling through the state to buy 65 gal. of gas. "You can't realize how ununited the U.S. is unless you drive across it," says Trucker Tom Strampel. The worst regulations, everyone agrees, are those governing the length and weight of tractor trailers. Smack dab in the middle of the U.S. are seven states that allow trucks a gross weight of only 73,280 Ibs. The states on either side permit 80,000 Ibs. Truckers will do anything to avoid the weigh stations ("chicken coops") in those seven states. "You just...
...academic institution of quality, Harvard must accept its responsibility to meet those individual needs and interests as closely as possible. But under the weight of bureaucracy and tradition and Godly excellence, Harvard does not do much for individuals. Perhaps it is time to abolish some traditions--and attitudes--and probation wouldn't be a bad place to start. But at Harvard, traditions die hard, and behind those nearly inflexible traditions stand attitudes, like shadows...
...preferential voting, students rank their choice of candidates, and votes for candidates at the top of the list receive more weight than votes for candidates at the bottom, Stokes said...
After taking basic bodily measures like blood pressure, weight and height, and doing urinalysis and blood tests, she talks to people about their medical, family and social histories, and tries to discover stressful situations that might be influencing their health. If she suspects that a bad family situation could be causing problems, she may then refer the person to one of the counselors or psychologists on the clinic's health care team. She then finishes the physical with a complete review of bodily systems...
Other plans discussed included sequestering sick students until they are well enough to take their exams, or limiting the amount of weight placed on final exams to make them less important...