Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...document put out to discredit his report." Groth defends Hansen's expertise and explains CR's position on bst: "The literature shows there is possibly a problem but no conclusive proof. Scientist A says we should be cautious. Scientist B says let's go ahead. Science sometimes carries more weight than it should. Science is good, but in policy you need value judgments...
...wide. Now the neighborhood is becoming dominated by boutiques, bars and ``mini- hotels'' of cheap cement and glass. ``The ancient city is being destroyed,'' says Mayor Hoang Van Nghien. He is also concerned that the huge dikes that protect Hanoi from the Red River may collapse under the weight of new homes and hotels, causing a devastating flood...
...delicate treatment of the dark side of life, Original Sin is less murky in tone than earlier novels, and as a result, the heavy ending seems a little out of place. What is essentially a mystery acquires a thriller denouement, and Daniel Aaron's awkward character must carry the weight of it. Equally ungainly are a few of the bows to contemporary issues, which James usually handles so well. But this will only become faintly evident after the first shock of the novel's punch fades away. The value of James' efforts on the Pure Novel Scale remain...
...transformation into a single, energetic organ occurred less frequently in Dvorak's "Serenade for Strings," a bastion of the string repertoire and the oddly-placed anchor of the program's first half. In the first movement, Metamorphosen produced impeccable entrances in the strings' higher octaves and gave more emotional weight to the first two themes than they usually receive. The tempo for this Moderato was definitely stately but never too slow...
...truth, and whether this is just part of the act or not, his tremendous success demands that we ask whether or not he is indeed taken seriously. Given the 20 million listeners that tune into his radio show each week, his relationship with government leaders, and the weight Chairman Greenspan believes to be carried by his opinion, it seems naive to regard him as a figure on the sidelines of the political game...