Word: breakthrough
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Army, carried a cover story titled "The New Mental Battlefield." In his quirky essay, Lieut. Colonel John B. Alexander wrote that "there are weapons systems that operate on the power of the mind and whose lethal capacity has already been demonstrated." He equated the first strategic breakthrough in defense E.S.P. with sole possession of nuclear weapons and urged the U.S. to step up its research in the field...
...There's been a real turnaround in the way people are taking care of rooms," the dean added, during a highly unusual press conference. "We feel as if we've made a breakthrough...
Television taboos are made to be broken. Violating them is a venerated tradition, a familiar ritual preceded by elaborate puffery: solemn sermons or titillating teasers aimed at increasing curiosity and ratings. Though often a mindless come-on rather than a thoughtful coming out, the "breakthrough" can sometimes mirror changing cultural mores and set the stage for bolder TV sequels...
When it was introduced 15 years ago it was hailed as the biggest medical breakthrough of the decade. Since then, bypass surgery has become the most commonly performed heart operation in the U.S. (170,000 last year). It is a $3 billion industry, and thanks to the news media, which have faithfully chronicled operations on such notables as Henry Kissinger, Alexander Haig, Rock Hudson and Arthur Ashe, it has even achieved a certain social cachet. The bypass boom has led some doctors to fear that the operation is being overused. Now a study funded by the National Heart, Lung...
Nitze realized that there would have to be major concessions on both sides in order to break the stalemate, and he felt that a breakthrough was essential for the West. Chancellor Helmut Schmidt of West Germany and other West European leaders warned him that political support for the NATO deployments was slipping; if possible, they urged, there should be an agreement of some kind...