Word: darkened
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rising class. Children were at the furthest end of his ideological chain, but they were also the most powerful, for if the innocent young could absorb his policies, they were likely to be secure. As adults, children would become the misshapen world he dreamed of, and he would darken their lives forever...
...town's permanent population of 6,000 swells to 300,000 at the peak of the summer. So lately the conversation is all about handling growth, about seasonal workers and traffic flow and the "shadow laws" that prevent builders from stacking high-rises so densely that they darken the shoreline. The resort town agreed to designate Coca-Cola the official drink at its festivals; that brings in $1 million over five years, enough to cut a penny from the property-tax rate. But Ocean City is a "crab-and-beer town, a pizza-and-popcorn town," say the town elders...
When foods like turkey, bread and caramel are heated, proteins bind with sugars, causing the surface to darken and, in some cases, turn soft and sticky. In the 1970s, biochemists hypothesized that the same reaction might occur in the bodies of people suffering from diabetes, as excess glucose combined with proteins in the course of metabolism. When sugars and proteins bond, they attract other proteins, which form a sticky, weblike network that could stiffen joints, block arteries and cloud clear tissues like the lens of the eye, leading to cataracts. Since diabetics suffer from all these ailments, the biochemists guessed...
...being here and denying the pain that was now an insoluble fact. To continue with the Games in the shadow of death was to hold a party where everyone wore black. Yet to give up on the Centennial Olympics was to concede victory to the very forces that would darken us. The city was stuck like a runaway in a tunnel of fire...
...Steve Martins isn't just anyone. For him, 1994-1995 did not live up to expectations. The team's tough campaign and first-round ECAC playoff loss darken any individual success he might have...