Word: weighting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most inmates of the state penitentiary in Parchman, Miss., are run-of-the- mill, old-style cons. But a few may have switched to high-tech crime, diverting prison products for profit. When a trailerload of cotton rolled out of the pen, its weight seemed in good order on the institution's computer records. Yet two weeks ago it was discovered that when the cotton arrived at a nearby gin, it was light by more than 90,000 lbs. The missing cotton, worth $20,000, seems to have been shipped elsewhere...
...This is an issue whose time has come, and if anybody would like to see peace in the world they know that here is the time to throw your whole weight on the side of justice," Seeger said. "It is a chance to see peace come without a whole lot of bloodshed...
Snow, whose act centers around eating, sex, and her own obesity, has a unique way of taking ordinary events and turning them into cause for uproarious laughter. Snow jokes about everyday events, such as how she lies on her driver's license. "My weight on my license is my weight on the moon," she jokes...
...Yesterday I kicked the box and found that it had some weight in it," said James H. Grosjean '91. "I didn't turn it over until today. Curiosity finally got the best...
Sweeney had a pair of personal bests, throwing the shot-put 50-ft., 11-1/2 in., and the 35-Ib. weight...