Word: darken
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sagacious Georgia Senator Sam Nunn, have been invited into the White House for their counsel. Their inputis now being felt on issues like the ABM treaty, SDI, trade, welfare. Changes in Reagan's approach to policy are almost inevitable, unless he wants to court more defeat, which could darken his exit a couple of years hence...
...showed that wild yeast had corrupted the strain, and Mason had to order another batch from Chicago. The taste of Catamount's gold and amber ales was distinct -- amber more full- bodied and slightly higher in alcohol content -- but their color was too similar, and Mason made adjustments to darken the amber...
Since 1972, the vineyards have been attracting baby boomers with the so- called blush wines. Made from such red grapes as Zinfandel or Pinot Noir, this wine is kept a pale salmon-pink by removing the skins, pulp and seeds from the juice before they darken the liquid. The result: a wine that tastes like a white and lacks the flowery bouquet of a rose. The Wine Growers of California are negotiating with Julia Child to tout their vintages on TV ads come September. Says William Young, western division president of D'Arcy MacManus Masius, the Wine Growers' advertising firm...
...this planet. Every 26 million years or so, the theory holds, a rain of comets that lasts hundreds or thousands of centuries bombards the earth. The impact of some of the larger comets spews enough debris into the atmosphere to block the sun for months. As the skies darken, temperatures on the ground plummet and the majority of existing plant and animal species perish...
Shayne Kukulowicz scored the winning goal 24 seconds into overtime of a fast-paced, hard-hitting game, but the contest was marred by an incident that occurred immediately afterwards. Cornell goalie Darken Eliot was hit in the back of the neck by a beer can. He was not seriously injured...