Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...confined in their predetermined roles; they are kept at a distance from the reader, never moving outside of their predictable orbits. Even our protagonist only goes through of the motions of change, of "coming of age." This psychological change is paralleled or rather symbolized by a slow loss of weight and a gaining of beauty. She becomes slowly aware of a new sexual identity growing along with her intellectual capacities, and it is really on this aspect of her odyssey that the novel dwells. This sexual flowering as a physical manifestation of Jane's spiritual awakening has rather disturbing implications...
...most exciting match of the meet occurred in the 165-pound weight class as junior Tom Kiler scored the winning takedown to go ahead 6-4 with 50 seconds remaining in the third period. Rounding out Harvard's win were the decisive 18-3 and 18-8 victories by sophomore Adam Truitt at 174 pounds and freshman Andy Kalman at 184 pounds...
Senior tri-captain Dustin DeNunzio, ranked No. 7 in the nation, picked up where Picarsic left off and showed no mercy in the 141-pound weight class. In control for all three periods, DeNunzio easily secured a victory over junior Ben New, ranked...
...dead weight of the past lay across him like a toppled statue," a dejected cop reflects blearily, well short of the end of Robert Harris' new thriller. He could be speaking for Russia. Our cop is bone tired, trying to track the lurching progress of Fluke Kelso, an academic who has dug up the diary of Stalin's last days. The failing dictator got a woman pregnant, the papers suggest, and she may have returned to Archangel, her home in the north. Kelso and a TV reporter head up there, followed by the cop, followed by military thugs. What they...
...concern was that it would have negative implications not only for Boston but nationally," said Tracey M. Lynch, spokesperson for the Boston Public Schools. "It was unusual that the weight of evidence came down on the side of not appealing...