Word: weightfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...lack a certain substance. That was the impression she generally made: a little harsh and sharp-tongued, perhaps, but basically a high-spirited, possibly too rambunctious tomboy. In the ordeal of Bobby's death, even people who thought they knew her well would not have been surprised if the weight of tragedy had crushed...
Rapid Decisions. Unlike his car, his home or his stocks, a man's body has, traditionally, not been considered property that may be bought or sold-or willed. While some states permitted such donations, others gave greater weight to the wishes of a dead man's relatives. As in the Metalious case, the next of kin, who have a recognized authority to provide a decent burial, could often manage to have the gift of a body revoked...
Although the Crimson weight men easily dominated events at Brown, they should face a much stiffer challenge this afternoon. Army captured nine of twelve places in the weight events at Yale last week, and two of its winning throws were significantly longer than Harvard's winning tosses at Brown...
...Sears, Roebuck and Montgomery Ward, which together have franchised 1,300 small-town catalogue-order outlets. Franchising has spread to businesses as disparate as art galleries, nursing homes, dating bars, travel agencies, shoe-repair shops, lawnmower-sharpening services and dental-technician schools. There is even a franchised diet service (Weight Watchers, Inc.) and a franchised system for correcting nocturnal bed-wetting (Enurtone Co.). Recently, the fastest growth has been concentrated in the quick-service food field. It includes such enterprises as the 93-outlet H. Salt, Esq. Fish & Chips operation -whose founder, Haddon Salt, brought the idea from England...
...this Faculty meeting to agree on its nominees. Departments with 40 or more Faculty members shall be entitled to make three nominations, those with 23 to 39 members two nominations, and those with less than 23 members one nomination. In making their nominations, departments are urged to give due weight to the ratio of tenure and non-tenure members in the department and to receive assurances of willingness to serve from all nominees. All nominations from departments must be certified by the Department Chairman and delivered to a representative of the Committee on Organization at the Faculty Club between...