Word: weighting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...each other in the Sunday runoff. If the left were to have any chance of winning, each of the two parties would have to withdraw its candidate in districts where the other's candidate had won in the first round. They would then have to put their combined weight behind the front runner, whether Communist or Socialist. Without such a deal, the leftist vote would be split in many districts, giving a strong advantage in the runoff to the center-right candidates led by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac...
...Mather Invalid is an amusing, if not overly polished outing. But if you remember that Mather House isn't Broadway, you'll have an enjoyable evening. Moliere's play is strong enough to carry its own weight and with the help of the aforementioned outstanding supporting players, The Imaginary Invalid can be a real belly laugh. Unless of course you are a pre-med or a humorless hypochondriac...
...been suggested that perhaps the Mayor Daley school of labor relations would have helped settle the strike-that is, a subtle word last November to both sides that if they did not reach an agreement by a certain date, there would be a heavy weight falling on their heads. Do you agree...
Using life insurance statistics showing that for every pound of excess weight there is a loss in life expectancy of one month, Cohen went on to estimate the consequences of drinking cans or bottles of ordinary soda pop (which contain about 100 calories, v. no calories for the diet soda). The results of all these comparative calculations were decidedly in favor of the saccharin-spiked drinks. Says Cohen: "If all other things were unchanged, the substitution of diet for nondiet drinks would increase life expectancy by 100 times more than the cancer risk reduced...
...thorough inquiry. U.S. automakers, especially Ford, are stepping up their investigation of these materials as an alternative to steel in a new generation of lighter cars that will burn less fuel. Ford President Lee Iacocca says that the composites will cut by 600 kg. (1,300 lbs.) the weight of a prototype car planned...