Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rowed all right," said men's heavy-weight Coach Harry Parker. "The problem was, Brown was much faster. They're an exceptionally strong crew...
Jamaica adopted the British parliamentary system upon its independence, but the country remains unstable, chafing under the weight of its depressed economy. We first entered Port Antonio in the midst of a political rally; the opposing candidate for prime minister stood with a microphone in the center square, shouting a stream of political slogans above the din of reggae music. A throng of people cheered restlessly. A few days later, the incumbent party won in a landslide...
...prejudice and arrogance of a still racially divided America. All of us who contribute in so many ways to the life of the College must accept full responsibility for creating an intellectual and moral environment that is free of ethnic and class hostility. All too frequently, however, the weight of that responsibility falls upon individual students...
...humans can take credit for inventing an entire language, and Okrand feels the weight of his responsibility. "I'm stuck," he says. "I've got this book out. I can't violate it." The question is, How to build on his own Klingon Empire? Seth Gershel, of Simon & Schuster Audio, sees a niche for Klingon motivational tapes: how to think like a warrior. Of course, he's not serious, is he? Says Gershel: "I don't know if I'm joking...
Wheeler orchestrates the entire production with chilling precision. The weight of each moment hangs over the audience with a force so excrutiating that we cannot help but feel the stifling air under which the characters are plodding...