All models were required to have a body mass index -- a ratio of height and weight -- above 18, the minimum limit considered healthy by the World Health Organization.

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Louis, was supposed to be making his first defense of his title, but Purdy (20-4-1, 13 KOs) failed to make the 147-pound weight limit.

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Bath and North East Somerset Council wanted the A36 taken out of the national road network so it could impose an 18-tonne weight limit.

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This may be Khan's last fight at the 140-pound weight limit.

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The Case-Shiller measure has no upper limit and gives more weight to higher-priced homes.

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My weight limit was 33 pounds, including my carry-on camera bag, so I had to carefully decide which lenses to bring.

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"Such increased usage has been compounded by an increase in the HGV weight limit to 44 tonnes and a move to super-single high-pressure tyres, which all adds to the damage caused to the bridge's road surfaces, " Mr Colford said.

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Speaking earlier this year the Liberal Democrat-controlled Bath and North East Somerset (Banes) council said the weight limit was one of several measures being considered.

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Silver, meanwhile, is likely to stay range-bound as it is does not have the safe-haven allure gold does, plus it could find additional weight from a slowing global economy which would limit the industrial use of the metal.

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