Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most important of these has been the violence that has continued to plague the townships since Mandela's release. The bitter struggle between Inkatha, the Zulu nationalist organization, and the ANC has led to the deaths of thousands of Black South Africans. It has also given weight to conservative white fears of an ethnic bloodbath after a transition to majority rule...
...past political seasons, there have been moments when it looked as if the structure of traditional two-party politics would finally collapse under the weight of too many 30-second attack ads, too many sound bites, too many backroom handlers, too much voter apathy and too many dispiriting November choices between candidates who inspire more cynicism than commitment. These interludes pass, which is why it is tempting to dismiss the latest manifestations of anti-Establishment sentiment as a short-term aberration. The Connecticut Democratic primary, after all, was highly unrepresentative: the turnout was low, the voters were angry, and local...
...head located on the third floor of the club, would probably require more than one person to carry because of its weight, according to a student familiar with the incident...
...their sheer demographic weight, the nation's 76 million baby boomers continue to determine America's musical preferences. And what America currently prefers is country. Brooks now outsells Michael Jackson and Guns 'N Roses, country radio is trumping Top 40, and Nashville is churning out new stars so fast that Randy Travis' six years in the limelight qualify him as an elder statesman...
...luck. After all of this furious bureaucratic committee-forming, Jewett got away with non-position positions such as, "There are arguments for and arguments against. At this point I think the weight is probably against...