Word: clenches
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After Johnson left the scene, his "throat was really starting to clench, my eyes were starting to burn, and my skin was really starting to itch." Johnson later learned that the cloud was a witches' brew of toxic chemicals: ethylene dichloride, vinyl-chloride monomer and hydrogen chloride...
...drawn and clench-jawed President appeared on the CNN monitor. "Good evening," he said. And it was mostly downhill from there...
...Scoring a perfect 1600 on the SAT? Well, I guess that's pretty meritorious, I have to admit it. But, no, wait a minute. What is "merit" really? Could "merit" possibly be one of those terms your TF would applaud you for labeling--yikes, I shudder and clench my teeth to use the faddish descriptor--"socially-constructed...
What Clinton is proposing is a cold war-style containment of Iraq, a long-range and unpalatable option. In a televised speech at the Pentagon last Tuesday, the President wore a properly dark suit and a somber, clench-jawed expression. He seemed uncomfortable and spoke in a monotone that some of the senior officers listening found "flat" and "uninspiring." Force, Clinton said, was sometimes the only answer...
...they monitor the effects of medications on blood pressure. "It's a question of fine-tuning the medication, not eliminating it," she says. To help seniors maintain steadier blood pressure, she instructs them in minor adjustments in routine: sit for a minute or two before getting out of bed; clench and release the fists and wiggle the ankles throughout the day; and stay away from shoes with sticky rubber bottoms, which are as treacherous as slippery soles. She also advises them in the strategic placement of rudimentary safety equipment. This is pretty simple stuff--but highly effective. Within Tinetti...