throw-weight

This public stand by America's most famous regional ally, backed by the enormous public throw-weight of the Israel lobby, marred Obama's efforts from the outset.

David Bromwich: Obama's Drift Toward War With Iran David Bromwich 2012

With on-orbit assembly and propellant depots this is not an issue as none of the proposed Constellation-type hardware is far outside the throw-weight of existing rockets.

Leroy Chiao Seeks Your Input - NASA Watch 2009

To me, that is more disconcerting than throw-weight: fewer outlets elevating argument over information and objectivity.

Newspapers aren’t reaching the front porch « A Progressive on the Prairie 2010

This public stand by America's most famous regional ally, backed by the enormous public throw-weight of the Israel lobby, marred Obama's efforts from the outset.

David Bromwich: Obama's Drift Toward War With Iran David Bromwich 2012

To me, that is more disconcerting than throw-weight: fewer outlets elevating argument over information and objectivity.

A Progressive on the Prairie » Newspapers aren’t reaching the front porch » Print 2010

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.”

Newspapers aren’t reaching the front porch « A Progressive on the Prairie 2010

It asks us to believe that abstractions, “values,” fear of moral opprobrium, “stigmatization,” “shaming”—the punishments for breaking taboos—became real-world factors as decisive as warhead throw-weight.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

It asks us to believe that abstractions, “values,” fear of moral opprobrium, “stigmatization,” “shaming”—the punishments for breaking taboos—became real-world factors as decisive as warhead throw-weight.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

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.

It's ESPN/ABC's turn to deal with falling NASCAR Sprint Cup ratings 2009

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.”

A Progressive on the Prairie » Newspapers aren’t reaching the front porch » Print 2010