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  • He drew with an efficient medium-weight line -- not particularly bold and brash, but not anxious and self-effacing.

    This week in The New Yorker: LEO CULLUM's final cartoon Michael Cavna 2010

  • I'd say 8-pound mono on a medium-weight spinning rod with the usual assortment of small bass lures, spinners, and jigs.

    St.Croix River in Maine 2009

  • Choose a medium-weight fabric, unless you are a serial DJ-wearer and require a lighter-weight linen version for the tropics or the summer season.

    The Black and White on Black Tie Tina Gaudoin 2011

  • This medium-weight white has some residual sugar (3 g/L) but terrific, almost electric, acidity balances it very well.

    The New York Cork Report: 2009

  • I mostly use FireLine on spinning reels, in pound-tests ranging from 4 (for trout and panfish) to 10 (medium-weight spinning) to 14 and up (surf-spinning).

    The Great Braid Debate 2009

  • I'd say 8-pound mono on a medium-weight spinning rod with the usual assortment of small bass lures, spinners, and jigs.

    St.Croix River in Maine 2009

  • It's unlikely that you are going to be anywhere where wearing a light/medium-weight cashmere-wool combination won't work.

    The Black and White on Black Tie Tina Gaudoin 2011

  • Choose a medium-weight fabric, with three pockets in front, maximum, like this jacket from Burberry Prorsum from £895.

    A Formal Affair 2011

  • I took 7 brand-new medium-weight, one-piece casting and spinning rods and rigged each one in a fixture that held the rod rigidly by its grip at about 45 degrees above horizontal.

    The Science of Rod Busting 2009

  • LONDON — The British government Monday selected the U.K. arm of U.S. defense giant General Dynamics Corp. to supply a new fleet of medium-weight armored fighting vehicles for the British army, the first step in a deal potentially worth billions of pounds and a blow to U.K. rival BAE Systems PLC.

    General Dynamics Wins U.K. Contract Jonathan Buck 2010

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