Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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These out-of-hand dismissals pervade the book, stealing weight from other provocative, thoughtful ideas. In the Thernstroms' view, black protest in New York City after well-known racial episodes--in Crown Heights, Bensonhurst and Howard Beach--is evidence that paranoid blacks blame society at large for the nasty work of individuals. (Yet the high number of whites who supported Bernhard Goetz after he shot four black teenagers on the subway is attributed not to white paranoia but to white awareness of high black-crime rates...
DANGER IN DIET PILLS The weight-loss combo fen/phen is responsible for 82 cases of a rare heart-valve problem. Also, studies find that Redux, thought to be a safer choice, depletes animal brains of serotonin, the neurotransmitter that controls mood...
...Meanwhile, Sarah Ferguson won't debut in her new job as TV spokeswoman for Weight Watchers. The company has pulled a commercial for a new weight-loss program, in which the Duchess of York said that losing wieght was harder than dodging paparazzi...
Still, Dow claims to have not only the weight of scientific evidence but also a trend among juries: 14 out of 19 smaller cases were decided in favor of the company this year. Lawyers for the plaintiffs hope the Supreme Court will restore some of their power to call witnesses by reconsidering and reining in its Daubert ruling. As for the women in the case, their appeal is one that neither science nor law has answered so far. Says Laitinen: "We just want our health back...
...entered the 660-ft. tunnel on the Place de l'Alma, investigators say, it struck the concrete divider that separates the eastbound lanes from the westbound and apparently cartwheeled, overturning, then spinning nearly 180 degrees. Fayed and Paul were killed instantly; the car's horn wailed under the weight of the chauffeur's body slumped against the steering wheel. A doctor was among the first at the scene and attempted to aid Diana, who was conscious though gravely injured, in the back seat. She died four hours later at the hospital...