Word: chicken
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Toad, when riding his bicycle in the park, took a disastrous spill. Left thumb broken, arm turned to fossil in a cast, out of which his fingers twiddled uselessly, Toad faced the future. He tried one-handing his word processor, his hand jerking over the keyboard like a chicken in a barnyard...
Some sniffle centers employ nurses or other medically trained personnel who know how to treat illnesses and keep them from spreading. Chicken Soup, a nonprofit center that opened in Minneapolis last October, separates children into the Sniffles Room for colds, the Popsicle Room for stomach flu and the Polka Dot Room for chicken...
...feel awful! Can I stay home from school?" In the old days, mothers could indulge plaints of colds and other minor ills with plenty of chicken soup and tlc. But in an era of two-income families, few parents can afford to skip work every time Junior comes down with a real or imaginary malady. This dilemma has spawned a new type of day-care facility for children with mild illnesses. More than three dozen of these so-called sniffle centers have opened for business around the U.S., often bearing names right out of A.A. Milne, like Wheezles and Sneezles...
...will grind into gear, indiscriminately slashing some domestic programs by as much as 25%. It is a prospect that calls for compromise, yet neither side is rushing to make the first move. Instead, the Hill and the White House seem locked in a long and drawn-out game of chicken...
Some entrepreneurs see the trend toward privatization as an opportunity to create large new corporations. Nashville Attorney Tom Beasley formed Corrections Corp. of America with two partners in 1983. One of his first investors was Jack Massey, the Nashville financier who built the Kentucky ) Fried Chicken empire and Hospital Corp. of America, the largest U.S. chain of for-profit hospitals...