Word: blooded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bush's blue-blood ancestry and his Yale education certainly don't qualify him for that praise. And though Gov. Michael S. Dukakis is hardly a farm-boy himself, he comes closer than Bush to matching the class aspirations of most rural Southern voters. Yet they went for Bush in droves...
...pacify restless youngsters. A West German television crew, interviewing East Germans at random the day of Krenz's appointment, turned up evidence of the popular disdain. "He's one of the concrete heads," said a young man. Remarked an elderly woman: "They should all step down and let new blood...
...works by suppressing the proliferation of certain white blood cells, the workhorses of the immune system. Starzl thinks the drug could signal a revolution in organ transplantation. Moreover, it could possibly lead to a treatment for diseases, like arthritis, that are caused by an overactive immune system...
...clear distinction between coups and assassinations is not always possible. The ban was not originally meant to restrict covert political-action operations at all, recalls Helms. "A coup d'etat seems to be confused by some people with an immaculate conception," he says. "Coups involve violence, blood and killing, and they often go in unpredictable directions." That is precisely why the risk of assassination and U.S. national interest must be weighed in each case...
...earthquake is simply an unannounced convulsion. It is nature performing a Shakespearean tragedy that begins absurdly in the fifth act: after 15 seconds, Hamlet and the others lie dying, the stage is covered with blood and debris. For many years one may have lived on top of the San Andreas fault and made doomy jokes about it; it is like having a violent beast in the basement, knowing that one day it may burst up through the living-room floor. But there is no preparation for the moment. Only certain animals feel premonitory vibrations undetectable to humans. They grow skittish...