Word: downwardly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Malibu in his truck last weekend, Downey was found to be carrying a small pharmacy of illegal drugs--crack, heroin--and, police said, a heavy-duty handgun. The hard-partying actor has been through rehab at least once since the late 1980s, but friends recently became alarmed at his downward spiral. A few weeks ago, Sean Penn and Matthew Modine arrived at Downey's L.A. home to attempt a rescue mission. "Sean told Robert he had better clean himself up," says a source, "and offered to take him wherever he needed for help." Downey agreed but then slipped away when...
...Sunday, December 3, one second may have caused the downfall of the Harvard women's hockey team. Leading St. Lawrence by one goal with just a second to play, the Crimson surrendered a game-tying goal that sent the contest into overtime and Harvard's season into a downward spiral...
...reform that is growing fitfully almost everywhere in Russia will have a better chance of succeeding peacefully and more quickly than if Zyuganov takes power. For besides his economic changes, Yeltsin's true legacy thus far has been his acquiescence in the decentralization of power. "It has shifted dramatically downward from the Kremlin and outward from Moscow," says Strobe Talbott. The result is that Russia is fast becoming a pluralistic nation, but it has yet to make the transition to a civil society...
...violent crime in Cambridge decreased dramatically in 1994, and again in 1995, exceeding the nationwide downward trend in crime...
...struggles to pay the bills while trying to make it in the acting world of New York City. Her main problem is that she does not want to take her clothes off, a scruple which is mocked by her agent and her acting teacher. Girl 6's life spirals downward as her numerous odd jobs as a movie extra, a club bartender, and a pamphlet distributor begin to jar her sensibilities. She finally gains a semblance of control in her life when she creates Lovely, her favorite phone sex persona...