Word: amide
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Amid growing anger over the decline of American service, many U.S. companies defy the trend and flourish handsomely because of the care they lavish on customers. A sampling...
...every February, so it seems, Harvard arrives at the 'Pot amid high expectations--and manages to go down in defeat. Last year the Crimson fell to Boston College, 4-2, in first round action...
...First Lady for a special TV broadcast in September, Ronald Reagan initiated what he called a "national crusade" against drug abuse. Nancy Reagan, one of the most prominent crusaders in the cause, began stepping up her "Just Say No" campaign. It was the hot issue of the season: amid heavy media coverage and enthusiastic public fanfare, Congress provided overwhelming bipartisan support for tough new antidrug legislation. Eight days before the election, the President signed a bill raising federal drug-fighting funding by $1.6 billion, to $3.9 billion, proudly proclaiming that the outlay "reflects the total commitment of the American people...
...healing? Dr. Ben Casey, the stuffy TV neurosurgeon of yesteryear, would surely be stunned. While many doctors still keep a low advertising profile, the rest of the health-care industry has suddenly gone for the hard sell. To fill a growing number of empty beds and to stand out amid increased competition, hospitals and clinics have started embracing modern marketing techniques. Result: a wave of come-ons for everything from cancer treatment to fat removal...
...first Hanford reactor was built in 1943, amid the remote sand and sagebrush near the juncture of the Snake and Columbia rivers, to provide plutonium for the bomb destined to destroy Nagasaki. The N reactor (its predecessors have all gone to their last great fission in the sky) dates back 23 years -- and was designed to last only 20. The parts are worn, the pumps and wiring often fail, the whole reactor conks out 20 to 25 times a year. The graphite casing that holds the nuclear rods is swelling by nearly an inch a year, and will collide with...