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Word: fail (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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HYDROELECTRIC DAMS Dams hurt baby fish by slowing down water, which raises its temperature and increases the time it takes the young to get to the ocean. Others are killed by hydroelectric turbines before they can even start downstream. Adult fish swimming upstream often fail to make it over the dam, as staircase-like "fish ladders" prove only partly effective. Some dams must be redesigned; others should be removed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving the Salmon | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

Most of the formulations, for example, fail to get the body to churn out enough of the T cells that are needed to target and destroy HIV-infected cells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting AIDS | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...learned far too much information about who's on prescription medicine. I head over to the Science Center to chill in the Greenhouse and spend the rest of my BoardPlus on an overpriced Cappucino Smoothie so I won't get kicked out from my table. Try to read, fail. More people watching...

Author: By Allison M. Fitzgerald, A SCRUTINY | Title: LIVING ON THE EDGE | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

...almost positive it's going to fail in the House," Havern said...

Author: By Kiratiana E. Freelon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: City's Reps. Will Vote No on Death Penalty | 3/24/1999 | See Source »

Though the vote may fail, the representatives do not expect the issue to die. According to state law, bills can be brought to the floor every two years...

Author: By Kiratiana E. Freelon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: City's Reps. Will Vote No on Death Penalty | 3/24/1999 | See Source »

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