Word: drain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that shows that it does enhance learning." Like their predecessors, the new shows attempt to foster the social, moral and cognitive development of their viewers. Each episode usually imparts a specific lesson, whether it be about friendship or lying or sibling rivalry or the risk of going down the drain with the bathwater. Psychologists and educators serve as consultants (this has become a small industry) and review scripts closely. Harvard psychiatrist Alvin Poussaint advises a syndicated show called The Crayon Box and says he once objected to the phrase "independent strong-willed woman" because he thought that, in the context...
...Dracul finds Mina dead there because she committed suicide," he said. "It teaches you that not only will a vampire drink your blood--it can drain you of your love, hope, luck...
...Going into double overtime is always really tiring," said junior Penny Fairbairn. "You have to be very cautious with passes. You don't want to tire yourself out and end up chasing the ball. It's a drain on your legs...
...scariest part about working for Bill Clinton used to be his "purple rages"--violent bursts of room-shaking anger that could drain the blood from the face of even the most confident aide. Back then, Clinton's emotional engagement in his presidency could be measured by the intensity of his hair-trigger temper...
...little modern monitoring equipment at his Curitiba hospital. Instead, his technicians are instructed to look for three things: the patient's feet should be pink, to demonstrate adequate blood pressure; there should be urine output, to indicate that the patient has not lost kidney function; and the surgical drain should be clear, to show no internal bleeding. Surgeons depend on large windows in the operating room to provide adequate light for operations...