Word: damn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This machine actually thought I was going to admit my real weight while there were people around. If I were comfortable with that information, I wouldn't have been on the damn machine in the first place...
...curse afflicted the next two generations. Not long before her death in 1960, John's daughter, actress Diana Barrymore, raged, "Damn Daddy for the crazy, mixed-up life he led and the daughter he never gave a damn for, and damn Uncle Lionel for treating me like the boarding-school bitch I am, and ( damn Aunt Ethel who doesn't even know I'm alive, and damn me for being a silly, arrogant, affected schoolgirl! God damn us all! We deserve everything we get!" More recently, Diana's niece Drew Barrymore, star of E.T., went into therapy after admitting that...
...specific genes are the underlying cause of cancer. As knowledge about these genes expands, so too does the likelihood researchers will devise new treatments that may one day target cancer cells as selectively as antibiotics attack bacteria. "Cancer cells," says gene mapper David Housman of M.I.T., "are too damn close to normal cells, and that's been the basic problem in attacking this disease. Finally, we are beginning to learn what makes cancer cells different...
...This is my life here," he howled, pointing to the still-vacant stage. "And you don't give a damn...
...says Lorri Sparks, 37, athletic director of New York City's Downtown Athletic Club. "Sometimes I'd rather work out with a man than even have sex." Not everyone adopts that hard-core approach, but many are sympathetic: they are women; they are getting strong; and they feel damn near invincible...