Word: fatale
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...revolutionary way, although at the time it would have been rather easy to do so. Of course, the current system will change, but it may do so once again quite painfully while we are looking for another system. History does not forgive us when we let slip a fatal, critical moment...
...years after the initial thalidomide disaster, researchers discovered that the drug has an almost miraculous ability to treat complications of leprosy. Then they learned they could use it against some of the potentially fatal side effects of bone-marrow surgery. The past year has brought reports that the drug may help fight tuberculosis, a common cause of blindness called macular degeneration and even AIDS...
...most part, driving has become safer in recent years. The number of fatal crashes in the U.S. declined from 42,000 in 1988 to 35,000 in 1992, thanks to such measures as mandatory seat-belt use, an increase in the drinking age and a decrease in speed limits to 55 m.p.h. on many highways. But within that success story is a notable exception: unlicensed drivers. Hard to identify and hard to control, they have become a notorious, hard-core class of scofflaws who often stay on the streets until they cause someone harm. While many drunk drivers...
Commentators have judged Rosty's downfall to be possibly fatal for the health-reform plan. That seems exaggerated: Rostenkowski acknowledged that any final law would resemble whatever bill emerges from the Senate Finance . Committee more closely than the one Ways and Means is shaping. Still, Rosty's presence will be missed. His wheeling and dealing might have been as sorely needed to pass Clinton's future legislation as it was last year to get the President's deficit-reduction plan enacted...
...your gang boss's wife? (Very carefully.) How do you remove those telltale blood stains from the backseat? (Very quickly.) Spinning delirious variations on familiar film noir conventions and pulling career-best performances from < Travolta, Willis, Thurman and especially Jackson as a Bible-spouting sociopath, Tarantino makes a smart, fatal movie. It's Die Hard with a brain...