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71Vocal weight — refers to the perceived lightness or heaviness of a singing voice. This quality of the voice is one of the major determining factors in voice classification within classical music. Lighter voices are often associated with the term lyric and… …
72Religious debates over the Harry Potter series — A page from The Nervous Witch , a tract written by fundamentalist Jack Chick, depicting the purportedly occult dangers of the Harry Potter series. Religious debates over the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling stem largely from… …
73dead weight — 1. the heavy, unrelieved weight of anything inert: The dead weight of the bear s body was over 300 pounds. 2. a heavy or oppressive burden or responsibility. 3. the weight of a railroad car, truck, etc., as distinct from its load or contents.… …
74be a weight off your shoulders — be a weight off (your) shoulders if something is a weight off your shoulders, you are happy that you do not have to worry about it or feel responsible for it any more. If you could take over the job of organizing the party, that would be a… …
75be a weight off shoulders — be a weight off (your) shoulders if something is a weight off your shoulders, you are happy that you do not have to worry about it or feel responsible for it any more. If you could take over the job of organizing the party, that would be a… …
76throw one's weight about — phrasal see throw one s weight around * * * throw one s weight about 1. To over exercise one s authority 2. To domineer • • • Main Entry: ↑weight …
77United Kingdom debate over veils — The United Kingdom debate over veils began in October 2006 when the MP and government minister Jack Straw wrote in his local newspaper, The Lancashire Evening Telegraph , that, while he did not want to be prescriptive , he preferred talking to… …
78Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum — The Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum (WOR) is located on the former grounds of Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado. The museum, which opened in 1994, is housed in the convert|40000|sqft|m2| 3|abbr=on Hangar #1 built in 1939. The… …
79Spotlight: The Spat over the Spratlys — ▪ 1996 Scattered over 388,000 sq km (150,000 sq mi) of the South China Sea midway between Vietnam and the Philippines, the 500 600 largely uninhabited islets, reefs, and shoals of the Spratly Islands (see Map >) seem a curious prize in Southeast …
80lord it over someone — ORDER ABOUT/AROUND, dictate to, ride roughshod over, pull rank on, tyrannize, have under one s thumb; be overbearing, put on airs, swagger; informal boss about/around, walk all over, push around, throw one s weight about/around. → lord * * * lord …
