Noun : larger Soviet missiles with a throw weight of up to 20 megatons. From Dictionary.com.
Soviet long-range missiles had greater throw-weight. From Wordnik.com. [Underworld] Reference
Because girls don't like sports ... or throw-weight. From Wordnik.com. [07/14/2004] Reference
A nation might make up for the inaccuracy of its missiles by increasing their throw-weight. From Wordnik.com. [throw-weight] Reference
You know, throw-weight used to be a term to describe the explosive power of a nuclear missile. From Wordnik.com. [Addressing the National Security Challenges of Our Time:] Reference
In this Administration, throw-weight seems to be how much we can bully other nations to do our way. From Wordnik.com. [Addressing the National Security Challenges of Our Time:] Reference
To gain some sense of Bono's throw-weight, Steve Forbes could consult former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. From Wordnik.com. [Bono Invests in Forbes: Oh No Bono/Not U2?] Reference
He is not only intensely loyal to Obama, but has the throw-weight to command respect after the election is over. From Wordnik.com. [Paul C. Light: McCain's Presidential Transition Gaffe] Reference
And the smart money says that, within the 202 area code at least, it's the new gray book that has the throw-weight. From Wordnik.com. [Houses Of The Rising Sons] Reference
To me, that is more disconcerting than throw-weight: fewer outlets elevating argument over information and objectivity. From Wordnik.com. [A Progressive on the Prairie » Newspapers aren’t reaching the front porch » Print] Reference
Through the Looking-Glass through thick and thin throw in the towel thrown to the lions throw the book at someone throw-weight. From Wordnik.com. [Entry Index: Super Bowl to Tippecanoe and Tyler too] Reference
Heroes and villains create intellectual and political throw-weight so that agendas can be advanced, skeptics discredited and opponents vilified. From Wordnik.com. [Book Excerpt: 'Untruth: Why The Conventional Wisdom Is (Almost Always) Wrong'] Reference
I don't want to read an SF novel by someone who knows the throw-weight of every rocket ever built but has never moved out of his mother's basement. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Geeks] Reference
Many of this year's cookbooks have the throw-weight of a young gorilla: Cook's Illustrated's "The New Best Recipe" delivers 1,000 recipes in 1, 028 pages. From Wordnik.com. [FOR ARMCHAIR CHEFS] Reference
And as it airs what's left of NASCAR's season starting with Sunday's Brickyard 400, it's deploying heavy throw-weight to a sport that didn't used to need it. From Wordnik.com. [It's ESPN/ABC's turn to deal with falling NASCAR Sprint Cup ratings] Reference
These figures threaten an outcome that may make throw-weight concerns irrelevant: newspapers “are flirting with a tipping point where the cutbacks are so great that even loyal audiences give up.”. From Wordnik.com. [A Progressive on the Prairie » Newspapers aren’t reaching the front porch » Print] Reference
Many in Silicon Valley and within the government think Microsoft has leveraged its throw-weight, amassed by the dominance of the Windows operating system, to the detriment of competition and innovation. From Wordnik.com. [Storming Gates] Reference
Al Michaels and Bob Costas still have some throw-weight at NBC, but for different sports, and NBC has receded from the NFL. From Wordnik.com. [Sports News : CBSSports.com] Reference
Air Force Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, for example, has posited that more pilots with PhDs will increase his service's "intellectual throw-weight.". From Wordnik.com. [Outside the Beltway] Reference
These two events correspond to the Soviets 'greater throw-weight (of their missiles) and to the (presumed) greater accuracy of the U.S. missiles. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 3] Reference
The Russians want to to resume encrypting telemetry, citing the development of US missile defenses and the lack of a limit on throw-weight to verify. From Wordnik.com. [ArmsControlWonk] Reference
So, for example, because their - our throw-weight of missiles was not an issue, for example, telemetry is not nearly as important for this treaty as it has been in the past. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
All the START I limits on missile launch-weight, throw-weight, and RV numbers (testing and deployment) that were in START I Article II and Article V are absent from New START. From Wordnik.com. [The Heritage Foundation Papers] Reference
I've been around awhile - came on the scene in '55 - and I can clearly remember the time when the only thing we worried about was the throw-weight and accuracy of the S. S.S.R.'s nukes. From Wordnik.com. [Homeland Stupidity] Reference
Since New START also omits the START I limitation on throw-weight and the number of warheads that can be tested on an ICBM or SLBM, there is considerable added potential for breakout under New START. From Wordnik.com. [The Heritage Foundation Papers] Reference
Its explosive throw-weight intact-is the taunt that has returned to haunt. From Wordnik.com. [TrinidadExpress Today's News] Reference
Warheads like Bolton’s staff only think in terms of throw-weight — but they DON’T do Africa. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Bolton’s Bubble: U.N. Ambassador Skips All Security Council Foreign Travel] Reference
I know, I know: It lacks the throw-weight of 'Ron Reagan Jr. to Address Democratic Convention,' but it’ll have to do. ". From Wordnik.com. [William F. Buckley���s Son Says He Is Pro-Obama; Writes Own Headline] Reference
"telemetric information … assists in verification of Treaty provisions concerning, for example, throw-weight and the number of reentry vehicles.". From Wordnik.com. [Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation] Reference
Here’s the metaphor the report uses for newspapers: people who deliver the newspaper “are complaining that the Monday edition doesn’t have enough throw-weight to get all the way up the porch.”. From Wordnik.com. [Newspapers aren’t reaching the front porch « A Progressive on the Prairie] Reference
What is throw-weight?. From Wordnik.com. [Underworld] Reference
Third World throw-weight. From Wordnik.com. [13. World Politics] Reference
throw-weight. From Wordnik.com. [throw-weight] Reference
2002. throw-weight. From Wordnik.com. [throw-weight] Reference
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