Word: caveat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Should works of art carry a government health warning? A piece being displayed at New York City's New Museum of Contemporary Art could have used such a caveat. When Eclipse of the Earth by Kazuo Katase was installed last month, the work's dusty red coloring agent contained zinc sulfide and barium sulfate. The chemicals caused severe respiratory and skin problems for some employees, they claim. A staff memo admitted that "ingestion of the pigment will cause illness, and the inhalation of the dust is known to cause lung irritation." Although the powder was replaced 12 days later, three...
...surprisingly, these veterans have strong feelings about the potential human consequences of America's latest war. After decades of suffering, they have a message for the future veterans of Operation Desert Storm. "There are occupational hazards in fighting a war," says Burkins. "They are costly." Cowan adds a sobering caveat: "If a nation is going to suit up its young men and send them to war, it should be prepared to take care of them afterward." In the case of Hawaii's bush vets, that care has been long overdue...
According to most polls, Americans are willing to pay more taxes if the levies are equitable and if -- this is an important caveat -- the money is well spent. But in the insular world of Washington neither party hears both parts of this message. To date, Republicans have been unwilling to endorse the necessary taxes and Democrats have been loath to revamp the programs. Now that the debate has moved into the open, the voice of the people may finally get through...
...Great Geopolitical and Ideological Antipode. It was believed to be possessed of immense and malignant strength, including the self-confidence, prowess and resources for the conduct of all-out war. Even now, with the Pentagon looking for ways to trim its budget, U.S. defense policy includes a caveat: the West must be prepared for the danger that Gorbachev will be overthrown; he might be replaced by a retrograde Soviet leadership that will once again -- that is the key phrase: once again -- threaten the rest of the world with military intimidation if not conquest...