Word: abruptness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...while it lasted. John McCain and Bill Bradley assailed the established favorites with "new" programs, with cries for reform and whispered misgivings about their opponents' supporters. It was the year 2000 revival of a fine American classic script, and it played well for a while, then came to an abrupt halt. George Bush and Al Gore romped over the upstarts in the early results on Tuesday, appearing to put an end to the suspense and drama (or pseudo-drama) and sentencing us all to an eight-month campaign between the heavily programmed duo. As of 10 p.m. Tuesday night, Bush...
...wonder as the beanie babies in his guitar case stare back in equal amusement. Swetland fights for attention with the little girls across the tracks claiming they saw a rat. An old friend shows up and taps the musician on the shoulder and the music comes to an abrupt halt. Just saying hi, Swetland explains. "I'll forgo another four or five dollars just to maintain a social life out here." This 40 year-old Cantabrigian from Albuquerque, N.M., is another full-time public transport musician. Once in the "Carter Volunteer Army," this self-described "armchair traveler" has performed...
FERTILE FINDINGS Young women found to have ovarian cancer routinely have their reproductive organs removed to try to stem the disease's spread. The consequence: the abrupt onset of menopause, eliminating any chance for future childbearing. Now researchers say it may be possible to preserve these women's fertility. A six-year study shows survival rates among those with early-stage ovarian cancer are about the same whether doctors take out all the reproductive organs or keep the womb and unaffected ovary--and fertility--intact...
...sure that teenagerhood has passed.) Personally, I foresee a time when people will enter "recovery" at 13 and pen best-selling memoirs on their struggles before they've even taken their SATs. Expect a crop of precocious old souls filling the talk shows with painful reminiscences of their abrupt descent into addiction after, in the months preceding their Bar Mitzvah, their Internet start-up lost half its market cap because of an unforeseen jump in interest rates...
While the head that wears the crown may lie uneasy, the head that wears the pelt risks public condemnation. Last week SOPHIE RHYS-JONES, who married Britain's Prince Edward only last summer, saw her honeymoon with the British people come to an abrupt halt when she was photographed in a fox-fur hat during a business trip to St. Moritz. Rhys-Jones claims the unanticipated Swiss chill prompted her spontaneous purchase. But at a time when the British government is embroiled in a debate over banning fox hunts, the move did not sit well. One newspaper suggested...