Word: weighting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...million characters of it, now exists as a data base, an electronic version stored in a massive computer memory. At first glance, this may seem unremarkable; the difference between a lot of ; words on the page and on some terminal screen appears to be chiefly one of weight. But that is not the whole story. Electronic information can be made available to interested readers in a manner not possible through print. The task of devising software that would ferret out new uses for the OED2 was assigned to the University of Waterloo in Ontario. There a team of computer scientists...
...store and you'll soon see that most are like franchised versions of the old side-show huckster who promises love with his magic potions and elixirs. Somewhere in front of the legumes you'll confront some of the ever-present, catchy slogans that infiltrate our fitness mentality : CRASH WEIGHT GAIN, RIPPED 'ABS' IN FIVE SECONDS, LOSE WEIGHT WHILE YOU SLEEP, BIG BICEPS WHILE YOU DO NOTHING BUT SPEND MONEY ON THIS PRODUCT...
...instructive or redemptive metaphor: the suffering just is. In the transmutation of Gregor Samsa, the world ceases to be predictable or rational; natural and moral order disappear. Critics have found in Kafka's vision hints of everything from the Holocaust to AIDS. But to burden the story with greater weight is in fact to lessen it. The thump in the gut comes from the literal details. The man who used to hurry to work now scuttles beneath the bed; the fastidious fellow who loved milk now detests "the fresher foods" and slurps deafeningly over anything decayed. When he agonizes with...
...quite right to say the performances are bad. Presumably at Berkoff's behest, they are as exaggerated as in a Victorian melodrama, the emotional colors underlined by music as tinkly or percussive as in Beijing opera. In a further attempt to weight the scales in favor of the sensitive outcast, Baryshnikov's speeches are candidly written and delivered with touching directness. Most remarkable, however, are his agility and grace in evoking the lumbering, graceless creature. Skittering across the floor, or toppled over backward and trying to right himself, or dangling from the spider web of piping that represents a ceiling...
...reasonable time was not available. But by 1986 some opponents realized they were fighting a losing battle. "The idea is gaining momentum. I shiver at the thought," said Baltimore then. Now, however, he approves of the way the project has evolved and has thrown his weight behind...