Word: weighting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...peace framework may yet buckle under the weight of details. A central concern is whether Nicaragua's Marxist-oriented comandantes will honor their commitments to democratic reform and peaceful coexistence with their neighbors, or are merely making temporary moves to ensure the destruction of the contras. Since the signing of the accord, Nicaragua has taken several small steps, among them reopening the opposition daily La Prensa and Radio Catolica, inviting three exiled priests to return home and beginning talks with Nicaragua's opposition parties. But, warns an Arias aide, "we see all kinds of indications that Ortega would like...
When Don Simpson checked into Tucson's Canyon Ranch Spa last year, he figured he needed to knock off a dozen pounds. The co-producer of Flashdance, Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop knew he "had a tendency to gain weight" after each movie. Still, the string of megahits had only managed to push the scale up to 199 lbs., not too far out of line, he thought, with the standardized chart readings for a 5-ft. 9-in. 40-year-old male. But Simpson got a rude shock when the spa analysis revealed what proportion of his weight...
They are the tough, solid players on the ice whose sole purpose is to throw their weight around and get possession of the puck, the antithesis of a flashy goalscorer...
...story, Georgian-styled brick building will serve the more than 3000 members of the Business School community with three basketball courts, five squash courts, four racquetball courts, a jogging track, two aerobics studios, a conditioning room, a weight room and a lounge area into which the B-School's Pub-Galley will be moved...
...houses have been able to keep pace withstudents' new interests--adding community serviceprojects and weight rooms--while maintaining oldtraditions including house libraries and dramasocieties...