It's no coincidence that Weinstein was nicknamed Harvey Scissorhands for his tendency to cut movies that he produced or distributed in order to slim them down, speed them up, or thin them out.
In order to slim down more, he started tracking his meals, his exercise with a Daily Run iPhone app and his weight with a Withings Wi-Fi scale ($159) that automatically sends the number to an online chart he's shared with his social networks.
But the gun is also bulky: the Army ordered United Defense to slim down the Crusader, which rides on tracks, and its resupply vehicle to about 80 tons, from 110 tons.
If this body thought that banks such as Citigroup and Bank of America were getting so large that the possibility of their failure posed a threat to the entire financial system, it could order them to slim down, divesting assets and business lines.
Or the order to stock slim, European-style men's suits.
We had ordered a slim guidebook to the trail — the only one available — and were reassured to read that "many experienced walkers regard the track as easy".
But things snapped to order when a slim man in a black tuxedo strode across the stage, glanced at his watch and told the musicians, "Time to do it".
BBC Radio Bristol's Bob Hunt: "It looks like Michael Klinger has decided to bat on into the final day, in order to get a slim lead, so that his team have a chance to bowl out Glamorgan cheaply to secure an unlikely win.
Exacerbating matters, the CBP complaint system is so convoluted and opaque that sympathetic CBP officials have been known to advise border residents to bring their complaints to the Mexican consulate in order to increase the slim changes of a credible response.
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