Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...since the committees on shareholderresponsibility generally stay out of largerquestions of investment, the full weight ofHarvard's moral significance falls on the proxyprocess, a weight which may be more than the proxyprocess can sustain...
...Losing didn't become such a weight on the team that playing was a burden," Stringer said. "This team had a special team dynamic, and despite our record, it was still...
Critics charge that Harvard's tenure process does not guarantee a fair hearing: department's opinions do not always carry much weight, the ad hoc committee can be biased and the final decision is made by someone who is often far from an expert in the tenure candidate's field...
Despite the weight of his decision, Richardson downplays it, saying he did not hesitate...
...hard to force blood through extra layers of fat that its walls grow more dense. Then, after decades of straining, it grows too big to pump blood very well. Fortunately, the abnormal thickening can be spotted by ultrasound. And in most cases, getting that blood pressure under control--through weight loss and exercise or, as a last resort, drug treatment--allows the overworked muscle to shrink to normal size...