Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Latex condoms decrease the risk of exposure to HIV if used properly; spermicidal foams can also kill the virus. Water-based lubricants make condoms less likely to break...
...BREAK A LEG, MR. AMBASSADOR. William Walker, 53, had been ambassador to El Salvador only a few weeks when he decided to throw himself into his new job -- literally. Though he had no previous experience as a parachutist, the gung- ho diplomat recklessly accepted U.S. military trainers' assurances that a 10,000-ft. jump out of a C-130 would be a lot of fun. The Ambassador is now recuperating from multiple fractures...
...with the world's attention focused on the rescue morning, noon and Nightline, there was no turning back. After failing to haul in a massive "hoverbarge" to smash open a pathway to the sea, the team said it would resort to dropping huge concrete blocks to break through the two-foot-thick ice and clear a five-mile path to open water. Ultimately, the mammoth rescue effort involved several helicopters, support vehicles and more than 100 people. While only a heart of stone could fail to be moved by the plight of the three whales, the vast resources consumed...
...autobiographical sections largely take the form of digressions from the scientific discussions, with the exception of a long, unconstructive chapter on the Nobel Prize ceremony. In other words, Glashow takes a break from involved discussion of particle physics to describe who his friends were then (and what they are doing now--either in their professional or personal lives), his apartment's appearance, the women in his life, et cetera, et cetera...
While waiting for its big break, Sagawa said the group enjoys singing in Harvard Square, especially since "people hire us off the streets all the time...