Word: fatale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...soon became clear that the ten hours he had spent on a heart-lung machine had taken their toll. As a result of blood- vessel damage, fluid had accumulated in his lungs, causing a buildup of pressure on the right side of his new heart that ultimately proved fatal...
...cold shoulder given to AIDS research funding is especially offensive given the fatal nature of the disease. When citizens are dying, the nation must expend whatever resources are necessary to ensure their preservation, regardless of personal dispositions. Morally speaking, national defense and public health have the same basis. It is appalling that the question of "whether we should save or let die" should arise in the first place, whereas inquiry into the legitimate needs of the Defense Department is comparatively nonexistent...
Leaky valves were a constant problem at the plant. Six serious accidents occurred at the Bhopal installation between 1978 and 1982, and three, one of which was fatal, involved gas leaks...
...first, doctors suspected that the polio virus had somehow remained latent in PPMA victims, only to be reactivated. But unlike polio, PPMA is never fatal, and it progresses far more slowly than the original disease. That would seem to rule out the polio virus as the culprit. A more likely cause may be the toll taken on healthy nerve cells by years of overcompensating for those destroyed by the disease. Many polio survivors, says Perry, "are functioning at 50% of their muscle strength most of the time, whereas healthy people stay under 20%." For this reason, the nerve cells...
...much like the old R-5. Early sales have run about 25% below projections. Conversely, demand for the new top-of-the-line R-25 has far outstripped production levels. Concedes a French government official: "In the all-out war that the auto industry has become, such errors are fatal...