Word: dooms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recall the ozone debate, chemical companies proclaimed very similar forecasts of doom when the number of ozone-depleting materials produced by each country was cut. Yet we haven't seen any reports that the U.S. economy has greatly suffered as a result of the reforms. Similarly, we should be able to accomplish these reductions without feeling the pinch. And if we do feel a little pinch, then an aggressive media campaign could make the public think it was worth the effort. After all, recycling, unheard of a few decades ago, has become a routine part of life in many places...
...goals from Yale's Meg Sullivan spelled doom for the Crimson (4-2-1, 1-1-0 Ivy), the last one coming four minutes into the overtime period...
Among the reclaimed "best parts" are such doodles of doom as, "For practically everybody, the end of the world can't come soon enough" and "Being alive is a crock..." Having a novelist's free hand to write what you will does not mean you are entitled to a free ride. Vonnegut, soon to be 75, struggled too long for his success to be naive on that point. But in a sorrowful preface he says Timequake is his last novel and asks readers to "have pity...
...death of a fashion innovator does not necessarily spell doom for the company that bears his or her name. The fashion houses founded by Coco Chanel and Guccio Gucci, for example, continue to thrive long after their founders' passing. Yet such was the force of Gianni Versace's personality, life-style and flair for publicity, that the question of succession is more pertinent than ever: Without Versace, can his empire survive...
...witty manifesto, Herz correlates each major genre of electronic game with an age-old impulse: shoot-'em-ups like Doom tap the primal instinct for survival, while puzzle games like Tetris satisfy the need for order, control and reason. The games' larger-than-life superheroes are interpreted as contemporary reincarnations of mythological figures like Zeus and Prometheus...