Word: adult
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...down, says the voice of reason. Have a nice cup of decaf tea. Try to remember that a car is not a puppy. True, the dreamer muses, but if adult automobiles bred and had young, the result might be a Miata: short nosed, rounded and soft looking; mischievous, with a funny, not quite serious growl...
...computer can be used for special educationfor children, and at night, you can't even use itfor adult ed," he said...
...that golfers aren't athletes is like calling Guns n' Roses a sophisticated adult contemporary band...
...Frank's case is less troubling than Lukens's. Lukens essentially abused a child; Frank was manipulated by a sleazy adult with more than 10 prior convictions. Lukens turned to hired sex because he had an admitted fetish for Blacks, according to the child; Frank said he turned to prostitutes after 45 years of repressing his sexuality. Afraid to come out of the closet, Frank said he had to turn to illegal methods of fulfillment...
...patient carry out his plan. John Banja, a professor of medical ethics at Emory University, notes that hospitals have no clear mandate for "treatment discontinuance," and the role of doctors and nurses in these affairs remains murky. However, adds Banja, "this is a clear- cut case of a rational adult. The decision lets McAfee decide if his life is meaningful...