Word: weighting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...course, appeals to moral decency have rarely carried much weight with the Soviet government. But an appeal to self-interest might. Never has Polish opposition to Soviet domination been so brazen as it is today. A Soviet apology for the Katyn massacre would be an important symbolic step towards the construction of a more cooperative and less autocratic Warsaw Pact...
...hope is that if [bulimics] diet, if they lose the weight, their problems will be solved," Pilgrim said...
...first year at Harvard, "Lisa Morris" had a roommate whom she suspected was bulimic. Popular, efficient and of average weight, her roommate would eat and eat and then spend a lot of time in the bathroom...
Schwartz says the best way to help someone with bulimia is to be supportive and non-judgmental and to avoid pressuring them into recovery. She says friends or relatives should not discuss weight, food or eating habits with a bulimic...
...world really works. An Ivy education generally does carry with it useful social networks, external prestige and the self-esteem that comes with winning the college-admissions version of the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes. But these advantages tend to be small and transitory, especially when compared with the weight that anxious parents and students attribute to them. "For certain kinds of jobs, a Harvard degree might help you get a foot in the door," says economist Robert Klitgaard, the author of Choosing Elites. "But if you look at outcomes -- earnings and social status -- it is very hard to make...