Word: crimp
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fewer can drink and drive. That is not the issue. The law was changed for Massachusetts as a whole, not for the 200,000 college students in the Boston area. If highway fatalities drop by any appreciable amount in the next few years, it will be worth putting a crimp in some college students' social habits...
...cellular-phone controversy could put a crimp in the industry's plans for growth. Motorola wants to build more powerful phones that can bounce their signals off low-flying satellites. Apple and AT&T plan to connect pocket phones, laptop computers and electronic notepads through a "wireless world" of microwaves. But before consumers buy into a pervasive network of cellular devices, they might well demand some answers about the one that is already in place...
LIVING IN THE WHITE HOUSE MAY ALSO CRIMP THE STYLE OF First Cat-elect SOCKS. Katherine Houpt, a Cornell University animal psychologist, advises Socks to look out for Rose Garden squirrels, which could have rabies. It might also be a good idea to skip those State dinners: they're full of nosy visitors who want to pick you up and scratch your head. And no matter how rough it gets, don't take off for Little Rock. It's 891 miles -- roughly 23 million kitty steps -- from your new home...
...present location of the housing project, sawed off his hand with a rusty blade, covered him with honey and let bees sting him to death. Helen's investigations yield some great material, but Candyman takes a fancy to her--she looks just like his lover--and puts a crimp in her style...
Even so, as the images of atrocity flicker across the world's television screens, the U.S. and its allies find themselves forced to mull over the unattractive military options available that might put a crimp in Serbian aggression -- or at least send a message of retribution to Belgrade. In the long run, the international community must develop a new ethic, and new institutions to match, concerned less with the sanctity of borders than with the rights of people. Until it does, the dilemma posed in Bosnia is likely to be repeated elsewhere, again and again...