Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...took six years and several entreaties, but in the end, Masako Owada agreed to marry Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito. After announcing the engagement, they revealed the words that finally won her heart: "Masako-san, I will protect you for my entire life...
...LORI CROWN THOUGHT she was doing the right thing last year when she moved to a dryer climate in Bakersfield, California, after being plagued by asthma attacks during her six years in Hawaii. A few months later, Crown, 35, was suffering from severe headaches, a prolonged fever of 102 degreesF, swollen feet and painful bumps on her hands and legs. The diagnosis: "valley fever," or coccidioidomycosis, a dust-borne disease caused by the microscopic spores of a fungus, Coccidioides immitis...
...newcomer to the San Joaquin Valley, Crown was stunned to learn that the same rich topsoil that makes the region an agricultural Mecca also harbors this deadly microbe. She has become a statistic in the worst epidemic of valley fever ever recorded. From 1986 to 1990, doctors reported an average of 450 cases a year to state authorities. In 1991 the number nearly tripled, to 1,208. Last year it soared to 4,54l, with an estimated death toll exceeding...
Thanks to fluconazole, an expensive antifungal drug ($685 for a one-month supply of pills), Lori Crown's condition has improved. Her feet are no longer swollen and the sores on her skin have vanished, but she still gets painful headaches, frequent fevers, arthritic pain and debilitating fatigue. "It's so frustrating," she says. "One day I'll feel fine, then I'll be in bed for the next three." Most days she wishes she could have stayed in Hawaii...
...bear a Japanese nameplate. The winner for 1992: the Ford Taurus, which ended the Honda Accord's three-year reign as top seller in the U.S. After a frantic last-minute sales blitz, which included generous rebates and below-cost offers to dealers, Ford won the crown by shipping 409,751 Tauruses. Despite a lackluster year for car sales in general, Ford executives had much to celebrate: the company's share of the new-car market pushed above 20%, as GM's and Chrysler's shrank...