Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with soft frozen yogurt, calzones and tri-weekly live music. Plus, you don't have to go outside to get there. Unbeknownst to most, Cabot, like Adams, has tunnels. Unlike Adams, it also has places to go. In contrast to many other houses, Cabot has a dance studio, a weight room, sound studios and all the other amenities of modern life...
...weight of the decision fell most heavily on Big Business and the insurance industry, which pays most punitive judgments. In all, 80 industry and professional organizations had filed 24 amicus briefs on behalf of Pacific Mutual, claiming that punitive awards have soared because of unbridled jury discretion. "It's become a form of legal lottery," says Washington attorney Theodore Olson. "Plaintiffs ask for huge awards, hoping they'll hit the jackpot...
...College guidance counselor input has much greater weight proportionately at a place like Milton," says the Harvard senior who asked not to be identified. "They understand each other...
Flomenhoft, at 6-ft., does not tower over either of his roomates, but his 215 lbs. help to pave the way to the net. The third line center maintains his weight despite a craving for Diet Mountain Dew--Flomenhoft has 10 cases of the specially-ordered soft drink piled in his windowsill...
...Iraq's strategic importance. A senior State Department official reflects on the lesson: "One of the things we've probably learned is to put more stock in our own analysis and less confidence in what other nations are telling us. We listened to them, and we gave it considerable weight. In retrospect, that was an error...