As you'd expect of a notebook that's slightly larger and also has a DVD burner, though, it's a good deal heavier than the one we have here: 4.3 pounds is the starting weight.

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With a 13.3-inch diagonal widescreen display, the laptop has a starting weight of just three pounds4, measures about one inch thin and features a premium raised tile keyboard and a long battery life rating.

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Conscious of the stakes involved, foreign investors are starting to throw their weight around as well.

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Instead of dragging down its parent company, Chrysler is starting to pull its own weight.

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Now the weight penalty is starting to diminish.

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Embassytown, that outpost of the colonial power of Bremen, is starting to crumble under its own weight.

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What we need is the political will, starting with a full health economics analysis of the costs and benefits of effective weight management in diabetes and other conditions where obesity is a significant factor.

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With neither a battery nor a starter motor--they add too much weight--the only way to get this vehicle going is by push-starting it.

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With neither a battery nor a starter motor--they add too much weight--the only way to get this vehicle going is by push-starting it with a Chevy Suburban.

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