Word: chronically
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...patients with certain chronic or terminal diseases, a marijuana cigarette can blunt the side effects of radical treatments. Advocates of alternative medicine claim, for example, that the drug helps cancer patients endure chemotherapy, comforts AIDS victims and eases eye pressure for those who suffer from glaucoma. Last week, however, the U.S. Public Health Service said it will no longer condone cannabis therapy because of the fear that the practice could harm people with weak immune systems. The Federal Government currently allows 13 people to use the drug legally, and had approved the treatment for 28 others. Under the ruling, those...
...Hatcher, a Georgia Democrat, apologized for writing 780 bad checks. California Republican Duncan Hunter confessed to constituents that he had overdrawn his account at least 160 times. By week's end, more than 75 members of Congress had fessed up to using the privilege, but some of the most chronic abusers remained silent. Even the leadership has not been spared embarrassment: Speaker Tom Foley kited a $540 check for stereo equipment, and House minority whip Newt Gingrich wrote bad checks at least three times...
Brianna was suffering from cystic fibrosis, the most common inherited disorder among whites and a disease that afflicts 25,000 Americans, killing more than 500 every year. Just 10 years ago, the prospects for a girl her age were as bleak as they were inevitable. As the combination of chronic infections, clogged airways and digestive problems took their toll, she could not have expected to outlive her teens. But now, says Ramsey, "Brianna has an excellent chance of living into adulthood." In fact, although Ramsey and other clinicians are reluctant to raise false hopes, Brianna and thousands of other babies...
...exactly stumble into his gold medal, but his long program was hardly the stuff dreams are made of. Early in his routine, Petrenko flailed his arms wildly to save a triple combination, then barely held on to a triple flip. From there he lost conviction, succumbing to his chronic habit of sagging in the final minutes. Wylie, by contrast, resisted his tendency to choke in major competitions and finally delivered a performance that enabled the judges to reward his brilliant artistry. A relative old man at 27, the gracious Harvard graduate capped his amateur career with the evening's only...
...feminist's long-lost husband. The image of a man unable to handle change, he is belligerently ill-at-ease in an era where the whip can no longer be used to sort out family disputes. Unfortunately, Kissel is a little less convincing when he drops his chronic grumbling in favor of a sentimental attitude...