Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years, they become physical and mental wrecks who end up in slaughter houses, as do their babies, who are the by-products of the Premarin industry. Each year, many tens of thousands of foals are sold to feed lots, where they're fattened until they reach meat weight. Then they're slaughtered and end up on dinner tables in Europe and Asia or as dog food...
...ocean on the globe for such hugely popular television series as "The Underwater World of Jacques Cousteau" came as easily as love at first sight. "When you dive, you begin to feel that you're an angel," he explained in a recent interview. "It's a liberation of your weight." Thanks to Cousteau, even diehard landlubbers could float, if only briefly, like angels...
...instead of the brain--reducing caloric intake by blocking the body's ability to absorb fat. Orlistat has its problems--its side effects include intestinal leakage. That doesn't mean orlistat will not be a big seller, at least at first. But if folks buy it expecting weight-loss miracles, they are bound to be as disappointed next year as Redux users are today...
...most elevated level, as in the writings of the philosopher Walter Berns, this position assumes real moral weight. "Capital punishment," writes Berns, "serves to remind us of the majesty of the moral order that is embodied in our law and of the terrible consequences of its breach... The criminal law must be made awful, by which I mean awe-inspiring, or commanding 'profound respect or reverential fear.' It must remind us of the moral order by which alone we can live as human beings." Which is to say, some animals need killing, if only to remind the rest...
...story on birth defects in Brownsville, Texas [SOCIETY, May 26], did not reflect the letter General Motors sent to CNN [while it was preparing its program on this subject]. General Motors has deep sympathy for families affected by neural birth defects; however, we did not cause the defects. The weight of legitimate, recognized medical and scientific opinion clearly established that GM's maquiladora operations in Matamoros, Mexico [across the border from Brownsville], did not cause or contribute to these tragic birth defects. Moreover, GM has made significant progress in improving our environmental performance, practices and procedures in Mexico. More than...