Word: weighted
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...city to review Harvard’s plans, will recommend that the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA)—which oversees construction projects in the city—attach the motion’s conditions to its approval of the science project. The measure was intended to give weight to residents’ concerns that he believes have not been adequately addressed by the University, he said. “It’s a compilation of things that have come to me through these meetings, through the conversations I’ve have with you outside, and with concerns...
...doesn't help that today's players are also bigger, faster and stronger, which means that each impact packs more punch. Since 1985, the average weight of NFL players has ballooned 10%, to 248 pounds, according to a recent study by Scripps Howard News Service. The heaviest position, offensive tackle, has gone from 281 pounds two decades ago to 318 pounds today. So, the dozens of high-speed hits that happen every game carry a higher likelihood of potentially hazardous results. While catastrophic injuries like Everett's remain rare, reports of concussions and other severe trauma on the football field...
...both Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). “It cut the risk for girls by two-thirds, that’s really quite large.” Yet boys in the health program did not demonstrate any measurable reduction in the unhealthy weight control behaviors—a result that surprised the authors of the study. “We don’t know the answer to that, and that’s definitely one of the top areas that we want to go in our research,” Austin said...
...They spent most of their lives fighting for the conservative cause. But in Craig's case, the Idaho Statesman has published allegations that there were at least three other slipups involving men, beginning in 1967. What if, like the radio host who gets fat but commits to losing weight, the moralizers were trying through their "pro-family" endeavors to expiate their lustful sins? You may think they are wrong about homosexuality (I do), but that doesn't make them hypocrites...
...reflects the same information-overload media culture that gave us the zipper and screens within screens on cable news. The computers work a little too well, the Los Angeles traffic is suspiciously light, and Jack Bauer never has to take a leak, but Kiefer Sutherland gives Jack psychological weight in the most outlandish situations, racing against a ticking clock that tolls...