Word: crucially
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have just discovered that my hearing is compromised, red spots are beginning to decorate my parched skin, and now Cindy Moore, the clinic's dietitian, informs my that my total cholesterol is too high. It has jumped to 222 from the previous year's 195. Cholesterol, the fatty substance crucial to cell functioning, contributes to atherosclerosis, a narrowing of the arteries, which is a major cause of heart disease. My level is not alarmingly high, but vascular disease is rampant among males in my family, resulting in generations of heart attack and stroke...
...further reason why Starr will try hard to get Lewinsky's cooperation is that last week the Supreme Court made her even more crucial to his case. The Justices rejected his request for a highly unusual fast-track ruling on his fights with the Administration over whether Secret Service employees and White House attorneys can be forced to testify. Though U.S. District Court Judge Norma Hollaway Johnson has ruled that they can be, the Administration is appealing her decision. A three-judge appeals panel that includes two Clinton appointees has said it will hear oral arguments in the matter starting...
Picking its moments well, Harvard responded with its first weekend sweep of the season with impressive victories over Vermont and Dartmouth. Not only did the sweep boost Harvard into the fifth-place slot, it also gave the Crimson crucial home-ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs...
...last four years she participated in Experimentors, a public service program dedicated to teaching Cambridge elementary and middle school students about science. The program carries unofficial but crucial mentoring responsibilities...
...home of Zhao Ziyang, the disgraced former party general secretary who has been under house arrest for the past nine years. Meanwhile Hong Kong, experiencing its first Tiananmen anniversary under Chinese rule, prepares for its own demonstration Thursday evening. The People's Liberation Army's response will be crucial: If it is muted, it will constitute the first official acceptance of mourning for the massacre...