Word: weighting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first riddle: What comes first, a figure skater's performance or reputation? Put another way, Are judges chicken to have egg on their faces? During the long and short programs, they put great weight on the reputation of a contestant. A neophyte skater may turn in a string of leaps and spins more dazzling than Katarina Witt's smile and still get lower marks than the reigning queen of the rink. The practice cuts across political affiliations. A Soviet judge will give a prominent American higher marks than a fledgling Russian who skates a comparable program. And vice versa...
...with these come other, less cheering images and prospects. Among them is the still haunting presence of the elderly poor, most of them widows, many of them black, collapsing into a safety net that cannot support their weight. The well-being of America's senior citizens, though far greater than 20 years ago, is by no means universal. Many are sick and getting sicker, as health care becomes prohibitively expensive. Every year, as the baby boomers age and the nation's center of gravity shifts upward, the allocation of resources becomes ever more difficult and the potential for conflict between...
...says John Buckley, a senior Kemp aide. "We are paying for the coalition we put together in 1980." Unlike Reagan in that year, no Republican in 1988 seems capable of winning the support of both moderate conservatives and right-wing evangelicals. Moreover, Robertson voters seem unlikely to throw their weight to a more electable, coalition candidate. "They hold their views with a ferocity that makes compromise impossible." says John Deardourff, a longtime G.O.P. consultant. "There is no middle ground for them...
...only way the U.S. can remain a power in space in the face of a strong Soviet manned program and aggressive foreign commercial ventures is if NASA shares the costs -- and the rewards. The question now is whether a policy outlined by a lame-duck President will carry much weight with his successors...
...Metabolism begins to slow at around age 25. For each decade thereafter, the number of calories required to maintain one's weight drops by at least 2%. Muscle mass gradually shrinks. As a result, people tend to get fatter. Kidneys may lose up to 50% of their efficiency between ages 30 and 80. Some of the liver's functions may decline. Thus alcohol remains in the body longer. So do drugs, a fact doctors are beginning to consider in deciding on dosages for older patients...