Word: consciously
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...well-to-do New York City hat manufacturer, Hy Tarnower (M.D., Syracuse University, '33) had quietly been practicing medicine in upper-income Scarsdale, seven miles from Purchase, when his diet book was published in January 1979. It quickly caught the fancy of weight-conscious Americans, selling nearly 3 million copies and grossing more than $11 million. The book promised dieters that they would lose an average of a pound a day by adhering to Tarnower's highprotein, low-carbohydrate regime...
Devere, who acted as an extra in Cruising, said he was "conscious-stricken" in the role "not because the movie was being made, but because the violence the movie depicts is uncomfortably close to anyone who frequents the night world in any gay area." Says he: "The enemy is not Cruising; it is not outside. The heart of darkness is within, after all. I'm saddened by that, and frightened...
...once there was a breakthrough in that central area, and a breakthrough in the gray room, then everything was called into question. After sex was made conscious, what about money? What about capital exploitation? What about plastic? What about tearing up the earth and replacing it with asphalt? What about the murder of one hundred million buffalo...
...both to businesses and to individuals. Says Patricia Johnson of Chicago's McGunn Safe Co.: "Sales have doubled this year to more than $2 million." Sears, Roebuck says that safe purchases nationwide are up 25% this year, and other companies report increases of up to 100%. The safety conscious want their caches out of sight. Some modern safes are built into end tables or bars, serve as furniture or are buried in basement concrete...
...longer lived. Someone took my arm and led me toward the dance floor. "Alexis' sister?" he asked, explaining, "this is how we do it here." He jerked his head back like an electrified man; grinned and spun around, watching me as I danced ignoring him. I felt self-conscious, and thought I saw people staring at me. After "Lola" and "White Rabbit" played, we joined Alexis, Phillippa, and the others at the table...