Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...suspicions of the rest of the world. Kohl was not to be ruffled by the specter of a Fourth Reich evoked by foreign or domestic critics who accused him of jingoism, and for a few weeks he enjoyed one historic moment after another and put on more and more weight...
...what I proposed, is that they misunderstood my argument. I never left any doubt that on the road to unification, Poland's western border must be guaranteed. There are different opinions on how to do this, but I am firmly convinced that mine will carry the most political weight. This week in the East German parliament and in our Bundestag we will pass resolutions clearly stating that a unified Germany will conclude a treaty with Poland, binding under international law, in which the border will be guaranteed definitively. More cannot be done...
...fact, the 78-year-old A.N.C. is having trouble making the transition from revolutionary underground to political party. To increase its weight at the bargaining table, it has launched a membership drive. It is also opening 14 offices around the country and providing for the expected return of 20,000 exiled members. Completing this expansion, A.N.C. officials estimate, will cost $100 million or more...
...become jaded by war, which helps explain why his photographs are so powerful. "You're never the same," he says. "Each time, you're left with an awareness of something very dark and cruel that you have to carry with you always. You pay a price, you carry the weight, you lose sleep." To convey that sensibility to others, Nachtwey published a remarkable volume of photographs last year called Deeds of War. It was dedicated to all those who have "helped a stranger and asked for nothing in return...
...stacks of chips represent big money, but money itself, an onlooker begins to understand, is almost without psychological weight to the top players. Eric Drache, who runs the cardroom at the fancy new Mirage casino here, was offered a job once when he was a full-time card player. He had to ask a civilian friend whether $150,000 was a good year's salary. It didn't sound like much to a man who was usually up or down more than that after an evening's play. Unofficial side games here routinely slosh with more money than the World...