Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...brilliant little piece of 18th century spin. The fusty phrase carried the weight of history even back then: it had been around since at least 1386, when Members of Parliament used it to describe the financial shenanigans of one Michael de la Pool. The phrase seemed to combine the right measure of breadth and gravity--not just any crimes, but the "high" ones. A quick vote was taken, the phrase was accepted, and now the President's fate rests...
Some of the 200 mostly female attendees, who ranged in weight from chubby to barely making it out of the bus, even sat through all the speeches and chants at Palisades Park in Santa Monica, Calif. Ella Lou Wann, whose daughter Marilyn, 31, wore a FAT!SO? T shirt and made the crowd-pleasing observation that "life is too short for self-hatred and celery sticks," handed out 150 ginger cookies...
Those who meet with Clinton are feeling the weight of public approbation, especially in areas crucial for Democrats to win in the South. Florida Lieutenant Governor and gubernatorial candidate Buddy Mackay hosted Clinton at a $1000-a-plate fundraiser. His poll numbers, already far behind his rival, promptly dropped...
...awesome and is going to be an unbelievable asset to all the Harvard programs with the weight room," said Women's Tennis Coach Gordan Graham. "It will help immensely with recruiting. It's like going from the poor house to the penthouse...
When the country's currency and stock market came crashing down of its own weight, Mahathir blamed outsiders--a cabal of speculators, Jews and enemies of the developing world. To replenish the treasury, he asked the rich to pawn their jewelry overseas and bring the money back to Malaysia. To cut a huge foreign bill for food, he asked people to plant vegetables in their front yards. Last week Mahathir took the bold step backward of withdrawing Malaysia from the global economy, sealing off its currency from outside trade and sacking the pro-market Finance Minister. Absurdly, he also found...