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Word: weightness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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That includes wacky Uncle "Pull my finger" Bud. "You've gained weight!" he'll say by way of greeting. You will engage in long conversations with people you've never met, about people you'll never meet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reunion Rules | 8/23/1999 | See Source »

...Gravity mournful strings underscore the observation that a high-flying fling can be brought to earth by "the weight of circumstance"--by capricious gravity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Glimmer of Greatness | 8/9/1999 | See Source »

...long been a credo of pilots that death in any airplane accident is rarely caused by a single, catastrophic failure. Rather, it's usually the result of a succession of small failures, each essentially harmless, but building a sort of disastrous momentum until the weight of the accumulated errors brings the plane down. Similarly, there was nothing especially portentous on the final day of Kennedy's life that led, ineluctably, to tragedy. It's only in hindsight that it becomes apparent how the random eddies of those last 24 hours carried Kennedy, his wife and sister-in-law to disaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Day | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

Pappas says that his dishes were popular both with girls trying to lose weight and with athletes trying to bulk up. He credits his time at Harvard for his wealth of knowledge about cuisine...

Author: By Kirsten G. Studlien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former Harvard Chef Serves Up Low-Fat, No-Fat Gourmet | 7/30/1999 | See Source »

BREAST IS BEST Breast milk not only contains the best nutrition for a newborn. Exclusive breast feeding for three to five months also reduces the risk of a child's later gaining too much weight, a study last week in the British Medical Journal shows. Children of normal weight tend to stay that way as adults, so prolonged breast feeding may reduce the long-term risks of heart disease and other weight-related ailments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Family: Jul. 26, 1999 | 7/26/1999 | See Source »

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