Word: fatale
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...train was 34 minutes late, timing that in the end proved fatal. At 2:50 a.m. Amtrak's Sunset Limited reached the wood-and-steel span over Big Bayou Canot in Alabama. It had crossed the bridge dozens of times since its Los Angeles-to-Miami route was inaugurated in April. And so, with 210 people on board, it came confidently down the tracks -- and into the worst accident in Amtrak's 23-year history...
...Injections of vitamin K are the routine treatment for newborns who suffer from a disease that can lead to potentially fatal episodes of spontaneous internal bleeding. Although some research suggested that the treatment could increase the risk of childhood cancer, parents can now relax: a definitive new study says there's no such risk...
...that, if Lyle is to be believed, started the fatal sequence. Moved by his brother's pain and embarrassment over the toupee incident, Erik impulsively confessed to Lyle that Jose was continuing his sexual abuse of the younger brother. Two days later, said Lyle, he confronted Jose and told his father to leave Erik alone, which started three days of escalating arguments. Jose, according to Lyle, told him, "What I do with my son is my own business. Don't throw your life away. Stay out of it." Lyle interpreted that and some later remarks by his father, he said...
...insatiable nature of women's sexual desire, how women could become dangerous when deprived of sexual pleasure, and how society should therefore ensure that women are safely married away. And of course, the group of prints entitled "Eve Sets the Standard" portray woman's inherent vulnerability to evil and fatal powers of persuasion...
...Valley, California, that has similarities to one that Time Warner has under construction in Orlando, Florida. At the same time, MTV competes overseas with Rupert Murdoch's British Sky Broadcasting and Ted Turner's CNN. But industry watchers say such clashes of the titans don't have to be fatal. Says Christopher Dixon, an industry analyst for Paine, Webber: "There's room on the planet for all these guys...