Word: central
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...season was a disaster for the network, which swiftly shelved three of its five new series. Only That '70s Show and Brimstone have a shot at renewal. That dismal record cost entertainment president Peter Roth his job. Doug Herzog, the executive who brought the South Park gang to Comedy Central, was named his replacement in November but is only just now taking the reins...
Find a buddy who shares your goals. You can encourage each other during the tough times and tackle new adventures together. My jogging partner signed us up for a 5-km run at midnight, God help us, in Central Park on New Year's Eve. The mere thought of it kept me pounding the pavement these past few weeks...
...that I've made it out of Central Park alive, what have I resolved to do in 1999? I've got to admit, those vegetables are still nagging at me. Now that I've tried some of the 30-odd recipes readers have sent me for Brussels sprouts, I'm looking for a couple of good ones for bok choy...
...Says Santiago Munne of St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J.: "The limit is not that the population doesn't want it; it's that they cannot pay for it. We could do many more diseases if PGD were covered by insurance." In fact, insurance has become a central issue of this brave new world (see following story...
...novel Brave New World, Aldous Huxley envisioned future childbirth as a very orderly affair. At the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Center, in accordance with orders from the Social Predestination Room, eggs were fertilized, bottled and put on a conveyor belt. Nine months later, the embryos--after "decanting"--were babies. Thanks to state-sponsored brainwashing, they would grow up delighted with their genetically assigned social roles--from clever, ambitious alphas to dim-witted epsilons...