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People talk about the details of the airplanes, but it's really about the passion of space travel. It's an affair of the heart. It's really about emotions and creative ideas. How do they get 6,000 pounds of manmade metal into the sky? These planes levitate!

The one I was driving for at the time, Nissan, they pulled out after they won the championship, because it was costing millions of pounds to do a national championship and ok, that might be ok when you're doing an international championship, but not for a national one.

After I stopped smoking, the pounds stayed on.

Adam wrestles with a lot of heart. When you're wrestling guys that are 30 or 40 pounds heavier than you, you have to wrestle with heart.

Dealing with livestock, animals that are 1,200 pounds with minds of their own, you have to watch out. Working with horses, they can go to bucking, in snow they can slip and fall on ya.

As calves get heavier, there will likely be a price slide. That last 50 pounds you put on the calf, normally, is not as valuable as the first 500 pounds. If you add 40 to 50 pounds with creep feeding, what you pay for feed and what you'll receive for the heavier calf may not always favor creep feeding.

That's what you look for in a running back, ... He doesn't look really big. He's 185 pounds right now. If he stays on course, he could have a great career here as a running back.

The Mississippi National Guard (Air and Army) distributed more than 6 million pounds of ice, 153,000 cases of water and 44,000 cases of meals ready to eat (MREs) to affected people in 15 counties, ... Over 600 unit members participated in hurricane relief efforts.

This is not a grocery story or a place to stop once a week and pick up a few aspirin, six pounds of hamburger and some frozen food. Public markets are really about impulse purchases. You tasted some incredible Italian sausage so you head to the market, but then you see some tomatoes or taste some cheese and say 'Gosh, this is really incredible cheese, and it's made by a local farmer so give me a pound of that.' That's what happens.

The week before league he asked if he could wrestle at 173 pounds and go varsity, and here he is going to the section tournament now. He's wrestling light. He only weighed in at 166, 167 ... but he looked awesome today.

This amounts to a profit warning ... and it's hard to avoid connecting (Alan Giles' departure) with the profit warning. My reaction would be to cut 20 million pounds off my (pre-tax) profit forecast to 90 million pounds.

They've got 14 seniors. They're enormous. They have three lineman who are well over 300 pounds and they have some quick secondary people.

They are playing for a million pounds first prize and several players turned it down because it doesn't fit into their schedule,

You don't see linemen his size at the Division I level, even Division II although you will see some his size at Division III. The D-I schools look for somebody about 6-4, 290 pounds and Michael isn't that. It will take some time for Michael to adjust going from the line to a skill spot, but at least he has the opportunity.

There was a time this year when I didn't think we'd break 900 pounds. We probably lost more cotton on the ground statewide before the hurricanes, and they probably shaved 100 pounds off our yield.

There was no acting. I'm feeling it now. I felt all 260 pounds running over me out there.

There were 100 ice sculptors there from all over the world. We were given 10,000 pounds of ice and three days to create a sculpture.

They're getting a steal in him. He's still got some growing to do, and three years from now, when he's 6-2, 215 pounds and knocking people's socks off, everybody's going to want to know how they missed out on him.

About four or five years and 10 or 20 pounds ago I could probably show these young guys a thing or two, ... Now I'm just happy doing what I do as a lead blocker.

I took off for New York City the day I graduated from college. I weighed 230 pounds and I had $150 in the bank.

It wasn't too bad. I hope to get 10 pounds each day, but I can't figure out how to catch the big one. So many fish are just hanging out, and the warm water hasn't brought them in yet.

It was difficult at first but after you get the hang of it, it's fun. It's a lot of hard work going up against guys that weigh 100 more pounds than you do, but that's when your heart comes out.

It's a done deal, ... We had a lot of good help out of BancorpSouth, Mitchell McNutt and Master Hospitality. There must have been 100 pounds of paper to sign.

I told them it's tough for me, being 37 years old, to handle two-a-days, especially in this heat. At my age it's just hard to lose eight or nine pounds in the first practice and then come back out in the afternoon.

It's not particularly substantial. Especially if you look at it from the point of view of the more than 450 billion pounds of government spending every year.

For almost 20 years, ... Craig and the (Chemical Weapons Working Group) have been invaluable in their efforts to ensure that the millions of pounds of chemical weapons stored at Kentucky's Blue Grass Army Depot are destroyed as safely and expeditiously as possible. In large part due to their efforts, we are closer than we have ever been to taking tangible steps towards chemical weapons disposal." ()

It's like 100 pounds has been lifted off our shoulders.

It looks like Barry Bonds will pass Babe Ruth any day now. He only has five more pounds to go.

It's a very limited-site area, and I think we've got about 8 pounds in a 5-pound box with this. My feeling is that we've addressed needs in a fairly compact footprint here.

It's quite an experience, ... The car is only 500 pounds heavier, but it felt much bigger. Definitely a totally different feel.

It's outrageous, you have to cook constantly, ... You cook like you're cooking for an army. We make pounds of food and have loaves of bread. That's how you have to do it.

Donald was a tremendous blocker. He handled guys from the University of Florida and all the big time guys from Alabama. They outweighed him by 50 pounds but he had so much natural strength and explosion that it didn't bother him to be matched up with them at all,

The numbers were mostly in line with what we were expecting. We've marginally upped our profit forecast to just above 25 million pounds and are holding our overweight recommendation.

That's over 3 billion more pounds of meat. Exports are likely to go up only 600 million pounds this year.

It's not for the faint of heart. It's a sacrifice of your body. You might be 175 pounds like Dexter Reid and have to take on the wedge. You have to be a special guy. It's controlled mayhem.

The beginning of the year typically marks a time of optimism as people recommit themselves to achieving their New Year's resolutions, and many turn to the Internet for assistance in planning and executing these goals. Rather than procrastinate until April, many Americans went online in January to file their taxes. Some decided it was time to shed those excess holiday pounds with assistance from online health resources, while others sought assistance with job changes or used the Internet to snag late-winter vacation deals.

The average detainee has gained over 6 pounds since being there.

Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.

Sugar was $16.50 for 50 pounds right before Katrina, and now it's $21 for 50 pounds. We're using some Mexican sugar, which is cheaper than domestic.

It's hard not to be impressed. He handles himself like a veteran. He played a lot of minutes (19:45 average) -- probably even more than he should have in his first year, but I don't think it hurt him. And he looks like he's five or 10 pounds heavier from working out, but his skating certainly hasn't suffered because of it. He did pretty well all of last year culminating at the World Championships where he was pretty dominant.

It's designed to handle a 40-ton load at the speed limit we posted, but we've had trucks doing 87 miles per house that are 16,000 pounds over weight.

It?s better to say, ?I?m going to go to the gym three days a week for the next three weeks,? than to say ?I?m going to lose 30 pounds in the next three months. It?s easier to see progress toward a short-term goal, and it?s not as intimidating.

I've got probably 20 to 30 pounds and six inches on him. I just tried to make him do what he didn't want to do. I bumped him a couple of times, got him out of his rhythm.

I've done anesthesia for a two-week preemie that weighed three pounds to a 98-year-old woman for a hip.

It was pretty tough. He had like 46 pounds on me and that makes it kind of weird, because trying to use momentum against that doesn't really work, so you can't really use your hips to get a lot of leverage ... you just have to outmuscle him.

ITV posted a good set of numbers despite lower revenues from advertising. 300 million pounds is going back to shareholders, there will be a new channel and the pension deficit has been halved.

It will not surprise you to learn that it is not uncommon for jockeys who struggle with their weight to starve themselves and spend hours in the sauna to lose a few pounds to be able to make a big-race ride.

They were that strong and amazing. They could carry up to 55 pounds on their heads. We were absolutely pampered.

I was 6-6, 240 pounds and didn't look like a very nice guy out there so nobody ever threw a racial slur at me. There were some things that happened a couple of times to my teammates, and I came to their rescue, but nobody ever said anything to me. I had a bald head, never smiled?they wanted no part of me. There was one scene in the movie where one of our players is beaten up in a restaurant bathroom and his head gets shoved in the toilet, but that never happened. If anybody would've stuffed one of my guys heads in the toilet like that, they wouldn't have lived to tell about it. There's nothing Haskins or anybody else could've said to stop me from doing something really bad to those guys. Again, that's the movie stuff. Good for dramatics, but I'd never let that happen.

I was 245 pounds coming out of high school and some other schools wanted me to play linebacker. But I wanted to be a D-end. I just love getting after the quarterback.

I was 15 years old, taken out into a parking lot on the set of 'Donny & Marie,' and at the time I was 5-foot-5 and 103 pounds - like, nothing. I was told I was an embarrassment to my family and the show would be canceled if I didn't lose 10 pounds.

Once he gets his 230 pounds moving forward, he's a load to bring down. There's not going to be too many people able to bring him down with one blow. His legs are enormous, and he doesn't try to side-step anybody. He's looking to run them over.

On average, women in the middle years of their lives gain one to two pounds a year and most of this is assumed to be fat.

Not unless one of those guys puts on about 50 pounds fast. I mean, you can't replace Grady Jackson . And so, the guys that go in there do what they do best, and we've got to try to utilize their strengths and everything that they do to the best of their ability.

Not many people can do that at this level. He just pounds the strike zone.

A person could visualize him putting on 20 pounds and being the kind of tight end you watch on Saturdays. By the same token, he?s got the kind of jump shot, agility and ball skills to make somebody a real nice forward.

Their quarterback can run and throw well. They have an end that has speed and their halfback is 215 pounds so we have our hands full. They have several threats that we have to be aware of.

The islands is the region we're hearing the best reports from. They're getting fish up to 20 pounds and they seem to be scattered throughout the islands.

I'm down to 191 pounds. I'd like to get to 196-198 by the time the season starts. I was 197 before I got sick. It sure stayed with me awhile. To me, getting back to around 197 pounds is a big deal.

I'm excited about the progress he has made. He has put on a lot of weight and gained strength. He's up 20 pounds (from two years ago).

I'm famous for my bottom dances, but you'll only see my bum and willy if you raise a million pounds within an hour.

I made an awful mess of my first marriage. It was hard to live with me being me. I was so abnormal. I mean, most writers struggle. I hadn't struggled. I couldn't suddenly go down to the PEN Club and behave like a normal human being, because most of those guys were struggling to make a couple of thousand pounds a year.

I made a conscious effort to put on 10 pounds this offseason and I didn't lose any speed. I still run a sub-4.4 40 and bench press more than 400 pounds. I just wanted to be more durable.

In eight weeks, 8 pounds could make a big difference in how a swimsuit looks on you.

In 1981, I borrowed 2,000 pounds - a lot of money back then - paid 50 quid for a seat, packed my own sandwich, and hopped on a plane to America. It was a mighty leap, but one that paid off. A week later, I got a job called 'Remington Steele.'

I'm really proud of Andy's efforts to finish third. He finished behind two of the top ranked guys in the state and he's giving up 50 pounds to just about everyone he wrestles because he's only 203 pounds.

I'm looking at something on my wall. It says jogging 6 miles an hour at 150 pounds is 11.6 calories a minute, and mowing grass is 4.1 calories per minute. When I'm jogging, am I really expending 11.6 calories? I don't know that for sure, but I certainly know I'm burning more calories jogging than mowing the lawn.

I'm only eight pounds heavier, but I'm much stronger. I can rotate so much better. We worked a lot on the core muscles.

I'm one of those guys who would like to weigh about 115 pounds for a couple of hours in the afternoon and then go back to my own size about 5 o'clock.

I'm John Salley, and I'm a vegan. I'm a vegan because I'm only four pounds heaver than I was in 1989.

I'm satisfied. This is great competition, and we had a lot of wrestlers do well. I'm really proud of Stefan. He's 182 pounds and he did a great job.

I'm so proud of him. I just want to see him finish strong. He lost about 20 pounds in the summer, and that was with a bad leg. He just ran, watched what he ate. He took it as a challenge and made it work.

If New Yorkers reduced portion size to 16 ounces from 20 ounces for one sugary drink every two weeks, it would collectively save approximately 2.3 million pounds over one year.

If I wrestle in college it will be as a heavyweight and I'll have to bulk up a whole lot more. In a way, it sucks, but it wouldn't bother me. I'll be able to chow down instead of cutting weight constantly. I've weighed as much as 250 pounds and that's when I maxed out on the bench press at 485 pounds. So I guess being at heavyweight would be all right.

I'm very proud of the fact that I voted against the Iraq war. And proud that I voted strongly not for students to be saddled with thousands and thousands of pounds worth of debt.

I need 2,000 pounds of rice, 1,000 pounds of beans, I need cooking oil, I need money for fuel -- I need everything.

If ( Phil Mickelson ) puts on 10 more pounds and gets paired with John Daly , ... they'll walk the fairways single-file.

I only stayed at 130 pounds to get back at Casamayor,

In the spring of 2005 during a night shocking survey, we collected 119 bass per hour averaging over 2.5 pounds each. That is a very good number, and the body condition of each was excellent.

In the last five years, sales of Fair Trade coffee have grown from 1 million pounds to 18.5 million pounds.

Instead of wasting hundreds of millions of pounds on compulsory ID cards... let that money provide thousands more police officers on the beat in our local communities.

In order to measure true growth, a distributor must secure from his vendors the real story in the form of pounds purchased compared to a previous period. A big increase in dollars is always fun to review, but it does not tell the true story.

In November, the 18th day, I was again the second time married, and had five hundred pounds portion with that wife; she was of the nature of Mars.

I'll never do again what I did in this fight. If the contract calls for 135 pounds it will be at 135 pounds.

I'll never do again what I did in this fight, ... If the contract calls for 135 pounds it will be at 135 pounds.

I probably go through 1,000 pounds plus of fish in a weekend during Lent. Our big sellers are cod cut ups and cod fillets. But we sell a whole catfish plate that is pretty popular, too.

I played college football in an era when 220 pounds was still big enough to play in the line. As an undergraduate, my academics were not what you would call strong.

In the absence of acquisitions we could spend our annual free cash flow of around 450 million pounds on share buybacks,

If you saw these ladies in front of me, you would understand they're not petite. That's not in a bad way. These girls are strong girls. They're not gymnast size. They're 5-8, 5-9, 170 pounds and all muscle, strength and speed. I'll put these girls against anybody in terms of strength and speed.

I gain five pounds each year but, oh, it's worth it.

It has head-to-toe benefits. If you laugh 15 minutes a day, you'll be 4 pounds lighter by next year.

I put the weight on after we were together. I put on about 20 pounds when we got married, and people were flipping their lids. And then I put on more after that, and I've gone up and down since then.

I put on close to 60 pounds for 'Genesis,' an independent movie from New Zealand.

I put it on so quickly I was anxious to get it off. The depressing thing was that I could put on 35 pounds in 30 days.

Clearly the airplane was above its certificated gross weight when it took off, by several hundred pounds at least.

Being 20 years old, how much more can he add? He'd be a better athlete if he loses some weight, but he works extremely hard and never quits. It's a testament to his character, but at 325 pounds he could probably play on Sundays.

Being 20 years old, how much more can he add? ... He'd be a better athlete if he loses some weight, but he works extremely hard and never quits. It's a testament to his character, but at 325 pounds he could probably play on Sundays.

California is one of 34 states requiring the use of booster seats for older children, and one of 16 states that includes an educational component in its law that provides funding for public health education about the importance of car safety seats for children. All children under 6 years old or under 60 pounds are required to ride in an age-appropriate safety seat or booster seat in this state.

The most nervous I've ever been was on a 250 pound music video which is the first thing I ever did. And I stepped on there with a directing partner, so I could blame him when everything went tits up. But since then my nerves have incrementally decreased so I'm not plagued by the same sense of nerves as I used to be.

If you're going to dedicate your career to ranting about the excesses of American capitalism, you probably shouldn't weigh 450 pounds.