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...Young. "It's like a drug rush." Depression, she and others believe, can be a result of--not the cause of--compulsive computer use: after someone has been parading his impressive alter ego around chat rooms or playing a power game, coming back to reality can be a real downer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quarterly Business Report: Hooked Online | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

...problem in about 35% of female-infertility cases, IVF was the only option. The first try at the Midwest Center for Reproductive Health in Minneapolis ended in a miscarriage, and the second, using leftover embryos that had been frozen, didn't take at all. "We had some real downer weeks, particularly after the second attempt," says Rick, an excavation contractor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INFERTILITY: THE NEW REVOLUTION IN MAKING BABIES | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

...Reported by Dan Cray/Pasadena and Joanna Downer and Dick Thompson/Washington

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNCOVERING THE SECRETS OF MARS | 7/14/1997 | See Source »

...instance, Ozment was describing the medieval belief in succubi, demons who would seduce men and then transform into swine. Ozment jokingly pointed out what a "downer" it would be to suddenly hear "Oink, oink," in the middle of a passionate embrace...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, | Title: Steven Ozment Brings History Home | 2/7/1997 | See Source »

...traces its lineage to 1964 Preakness champ Northern Dancer--until giving up the track for a life of dressage and show jumping. To further nail the female audience, NBC brought back the soothing, soft John Tesh, formerly of Entertainment Tonight, a far cry from the prickly Bryant Gumbel and downer sidebars on orphans aired during the Korean Games in 1988. It is hard to forget that Tesh's expertise runs more to the marriage of rocker Tommy Lee and Baywatch's Pamela Anderson than to hard news when he uses "histrionics" to mean history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SOAP OPERA GAMES | 8/5/1996 | See Source »

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