Word: commonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Advocates of removing race said the timing--for a city facing a forgone court battle--made "common sense...
...England Journal of Medicine reveals that the presence of a benign condition known as aortic valve sclerosis may be associated with a 50 percent higher risk of death from heart disease. The finding is significant because the condition, a hardening or thickening of a tiny heart valve, ?is incredibly common among the elderly,? says TIME medical columnist Christine Gorman. About a quarter of persons over 65 have aortic valve sclerosis...
...least you're not alone. There's a shelf full of medical reference books all in agreement that mitral-valve prolapse affects about 1 in 10 Americans--an estimated 27 million people--and is even more common among young women...
...More common is the low-voltage ugliness of parents who just don't know when to let up, or shut up. Hockey parents in suburban Washington are used to such sights as the dad who ran up to his son after an unexpected loss recently to rage at him, "I'm very, very disappointed." The boy sighed, staring at his scuffed toes. "Yeah, Mom's gonna chew...
RANDY OWENS Independent, Virginia Resume: Cook, plumber, retail sales, community-center recreational aide Relevant experience: Admits he's "not exactly overloaded"; elected president of second-grade class; lifetime of trying to beat the system Platform: "It is time for the common people to take back control of the country...