Word: airtight
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...York City, provides a unique window on the history of life. Down through the ages, sudden flows of sticky, honey-colored tree resin have ensnared all manner of small life forms, including beetles, spiders, and even lizards and frogs. Moreover, as this natural polymer hardens, it becomes virtually airtight and waterproof. Not only are extinct organisms like Cano's bee preserved in exquisite anatomical detail, but biological molecules such as dna appear to be largely protected from deterioration. When something gets caught in amber, says Wheeler, it's like putting it into a time capsule...
...Simpson prosecution was taken by surprise while questioning Criminalist Collin Yamauchi when he blurted out on the witness stand that heinitially believed that O.J. Simpson had "an airtight alibi."In the ensuing commotion, the jury was hustled out of the courtroom while prosecutors frantically attempted damage control. WhenSimpson attorney Johnnie Cochran, addressing Judge Ito, called Prosecutor Marcia Clark "hysterical,"Clark shot back that his "sexist" remark was unacceptable. Simpson chuckled, watching this exchange. Clark insisted that Yamauchi's comment was not based on any knowledge of O.J.'s initial statement to the police, and should be disregarded...
...nonetheless troubling that Iraq is finding ways to evade the sanctions regime that has been in place." Secretary of State Warren Christopher said the State Department would look into the news report to "see if we can''t make the embargo, which has been really quite effective, even more airtight...
Asthma cases and deaths in the U.S. jumped by an alarming two-fifths from 1982 to 1992, and air pollution, airtight homes and windowless offices may aggravate the condition, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released today. During the ten-year period, the rate of asthma rose by 42 percent (from 34.7 to 49.4 sufferers per thousand people), while the death rate for asthmatics rose by 40 percent (3,154 deaths to 5,106) over roughly the same period. About 13 million Americans (one out of twenty people) suffer from asthma, an inflammation...
...just admissible; it was broadcast live. Of course he did it -- he had beaten her before, he was high on coke, he had gone into a jealous rage; of course he didn't do it -- he loved her too much, he was incapable of such savagery, he had an airtight alibi. Maybe he could have done it, but surely he would have been smarter, hired someone else and not left a trail behind...