Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...doubt, in homage to Papa Cezanne. But some kinds of virtuosity are deliciously full; they are self-delighting in their reluctance to turn every stroke of paint into the residue of a moral struggle that may not have really happened; they make difficult performance look easy, and give weight to casualness. Sargent was that kind of painter, and it seems pointless to rebuke him for it--especially at the end of a century whose art he did not for a moment aspire to change...
...some of the most basic questions, like why we need to sleep in the first place. That hasn't stopped some wild ideas from gaining popularity. In December, Pocket Books paid a whopping $200,000 advance for a yet-to-be published book that claims you can lose weight by sleeping longer. (Darn! Why didn't I think of that...
...Losing weight and then gaining it back is not just frustrating, it may be downright harmful. Data on 47,000 women show that yo-yo dieting can increase the risk of gallstones. Women who put on and take off 10 to 19 lbs. are 16% more likely to require gallstone surgery; at 20 lbs. or more, the risk shoots up 68%. Gallstones are usually made of cholesterol, which may be affected by fluctuations in weight...
...more data on wing design than anyone before them, compiling tables of computations that are still valid today. And with guidance from this scientific study, they developed the powered 1903 Flyer, a skeletal flying machine of spruce, ash and muslin, with a wingspan of 40 ft. and an unmanned weight of just over...
Lowell:A heavy-weight gray shirt sporting the House emblem...