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• n  the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)

• The midsection is the strongest structurally, but it often sits over or beside fuel tanks.
• Recent research suggests that the fat that accumulates around the midsection and deep in the body around the organs is more likely to contribute to conditions such as heart .
• To some, it makes the drought that is crippling the nation's midsection seem an ominous harbinger of things to come.

• middle
• midriff

News & Articles

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• Nurses rally on GG Bridge to decry pipeline
  Nurses rally on GG Bridge to decry pipeline Calling a proposed oil pipeline across the nation's midsection a threat to public health in California, more than 1,000 nurses streamed across the Golden Gate Bridge on Thursday to urge that President Obama block its construction. The proposed 1,700-mile pipeline, which would carry oil from the tar sands oil fields in Canada to refineries in Texas, is ...
  June 21, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle

Quotes

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• Lewis Hamilton in Zee News
  I spent some time just getting used to the circuit,Hamilton said. "The really tricky bit is in the midsection as it's very tight and twisty. ...... In the first part of the second session, I ran a little wide and did some minor damage to...
• Vince Wilfork in The Republican - MassLive.com
  She looked at my health, my family, the past history of my family and everything,Wilfork said. "She said, 'This offseason we're really going to cut down and work on that midsection. ...... I was mad when she said that, but, at the same...