Word: breakdown
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...charges of mendacity were already staples when the subject of mental instability popped up last week. "This is the most bizarre race in the state's history," says Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia, an expert in ugly campaigns. "To have two scandal-drenched candidates is a breakdown of Virginia's norms...
...ever heard of the 30-year-old American expatriate. But with the posthumous publication of Ariel, the bleak, violent yet beautiful volume of poetry she produced in the last months of her life, Plath's legend was born. In 1971 The Bell Jar, Plath's novel about her nervous breakdown during college, was published in America and became wildly popular...
Anxiety over a breakdown in the nation's moral values is fueling much state legislative activity as well. Georgia just enacted a law to permit moments of silence. Student-led prayers have been approved in Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee and Virginia. Similar legislation is under consideration in at least six more states. Congress has caught the fever this year as well. Both the Senate and House passed measures that would strip funds from schools that forbid "voluntary" prayer. Final action on prayer legislation is expected this spring...
...Shepard character isn't particularly compelling either. He was a big high school basketball star back in the seventies, but his career was cut short when he had a breakdown after the accidental death of his best friend, "Nutso." He now works as a security guard at Kyle's high school and broods in the hallways. With such a history, you'd think he would have some words of wisdom for the young Kyle, but he doesn't. He just broods in the hallways...
...Breakdown was written by "fellow Globe reporter Eileen McNamara...