Word: attacks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bill Clinton having an attack of high moral fiber? "I've never seen the administration fighting so hard as they are on this," said Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., before he watched his steel-import quota bill come up three votes short on a procedural vote that would have boosted its chance of passing. Clinton the economist is fighting the quotas ?- meant to protect U.S. steelmakers from lower-priced foreign steel ?- on compelling grounds: They would almost certainly be a violation of current U.S. trade treaties. And at a time when Clinton pounds the world?s podiums calling for globalization...
...notion of repairing disease-damaged brains with replacement cells is among the most talked-about--and the most audacious--ideas in modern neuroscience. Until now, however, that audacity has been limited to illnesses that attack narrowly circumscribed parts of the brain: the substantia nigra, for example, whose destruction causes Parkinson's disease...
...sign that the U.S. doesn?t take China seriously as a power, and that?s going to prompt them be very obstructive in order to get Washington?s attention." Even before the bombing, China was stung by the fact that the U.S. had ignored its opinions in proceeding to attack Yugoslavia, and by the impression that President Clinton hadn?t been adequately prepared for Prime Minister Zhu Rongji?s April visit to Washington. The embassy strike proved to be the last straw, unleashing a wave of sometimes violent anti-U.S. protests in China and bringing the Washington-Beijing relationship...
HEART-STOPPING HIGH Everyone knows that getting high on cocaine isn't great for your health, but here's the lowdown on just how bad it really is. The odds of having a heart attack jump 24-fold during the first hour after taking the drug. That's true even for folks who don't seem to be at risk for heart disease. Apparently the white powder constricts coronary arteries and sends blood pressure soaring...
...incarnated the character of Brazil's national team. Its style affirms that virtue without joy is a contradiction in terms. Its players are the most acrobatic, if not always the most proficient. Brazilian teams play with a contagious exuberance. When those yellow shirts go on the attack--which is most of the time--and their fans cheer to the intoxicating beat of samba bands, soccer becomes a ritual of fluidity and grace. In Pele's day, the Brazilians epitomized soccer as fantasy...