Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Only on Opening Day are all teams and all fans equal, it's said. No wins, no losses, no slumps or streaks. Just the uniform prospect of 162 regular-season contests, the across-the-board possibility of post-season play, the common anticipation of endless summertime...
Approximately thirty British fellowship winners are currently studying in the United States and all but a handful are studying at Harvard. Most of the other winners are attending MIT or Yale. The winners share very little other than a common gift for achievement. The British fellowships do not require specific plans of study and this year's winners are attending a wide variety of courses...
Although this was the first year that either Cole and Mitzenmacher or Colen and Roy were paired up, they said their years of experience playing with other partners and a common enthusiasm for the game enabled them to work well together...
Although national tournaments were common inthe 1960s, bridge playing among college studentssubsided, and major tournaments died out in the1970s. In an effort to revive collegiate bridge,the American Contract Bridge League last yearbegan the current national championship program...
Between 5% and 15% of those with persistent warts are expected to develop cancer, says Virologist Wayne Lancaster of Georgetown University. The most common by far is cancer of the cervix, but HPV has also been blamed for tumors of the vulva, vagina, anus and penis. The virus alone, however, probably does not cause cancer. Instead, say researchers, one or more of several co-factors seem to be required to trigger the disease. Among the suspected culprits: smoking, birth-control pills, and the presence of herpes and other venereal infections...