Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...depth where swordfish congregate. Anything that bites usually gets hooked and often suffocates--mainly swordfish but also sharks, sea turtles and other marine species. Most worrisome is that much of the catch consists of small swordfish, averaging 90 lbs. At this size, females have not reached reproductive weight or age. In 1995 an estimated 58% of the Atlantic swordfish catch was of immature fish...
...when you had trouble sleeping as a child, to pretend that you are lying on a raft on the ocean or that you are floating on a cloud. You start thinking about balancing on a cloud and what clouds are made of and whether one could support your weight, and you don't remember much from physics, but at least you'll be taking Science A next semester, that is, if you pass your Foreign Cultures exam tomorrow, but you need at least a B+ on this exam if you want a decent grade in the class...and then...
...Force brass, eager to please the boss, bought the 1,750-lb. English-manufactured Slingsby T-3 and made it mandatory for all cadets to fly the craft if they want to earn their wings. It is a tiny plane, half the length and one-tenth the weight of the F-16, the Air Force's smallest fighter. But its standard, 160-hp engine was not powerful enough to do spins and loops in the thin Rocky Mountain air over the mile-high academy. So a 7.7-liter, 260-hp engine was crammed into the 25-ft.-long plastic fuselage...
...When it started getting in my eyes and a bandanna wasn't working. It was too long for one ponytail. By separating it into braids, it broke up the weight...
WEIGHTY MATTERS It's no longer considered O.K. to put on even a few pounds just because you're aging. To achieve maximum longevity, finds a study, weight should be kept at a stable and low level throughout adulthood...