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Word: fatales (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...country where a second paycheck is not simply supplementary, but necessary for the survival of today's working and middle-class families, not having the right to return to one's job after taking needed time off to give birth or attend to one's family deals a fatal blow to every American, from the eldest adult to the youngest child...

Author: By Madhavi Sunder, | Title: Forcing Unfair Choices | 7/3/1990 | See Source »

...make one fatal miscalculation, however.We assumed people would have some sense of humor...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: No Respect For Practical Jokers | 7/3/1990 | See Source »

...Burden of Proof has no such fatal attraction. It does, however, bring back Stern, and it shares the earlier novel's preoccupation with two of civilization's fundamental institutions: the law and the family. It is no coincidence that the heroes of both books are attorneys who discover that justice is not blind when it gets too close to home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Crimes of The Heart | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

...early 1980s, doctors have operated on fetuses, fixing urinary- tract blockages, for example, or inserting needles to drain excess fluid from the brain. But never before had physicians successfully performed such major surgery in the womb. Harrison hopes that his technique can be used to correct other potentially fatal problems, including large lung or spinal tumors and certain heart conditions. Several experts echoed that optimism. "We're in a whole new era of fetal treatment," said Dr. Eugene Pergament, head of reproductive genetics at Northwestern Memorial Hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Major Surgery Before Birth | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

...coping with catastrophe. On a small budget, writer Craig Lucas and director Norman Rene (who teamed just as productively on the Broadway comedy Prelude to a Kiss) have created a beguiling panorama. It spans the '80s, a decade that, for gay men and those who love them, took a fatal tailspin from high camp to tragedy. The film is a juggling act -- of characters, attitudes and moods -- that never loses it balance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Really Big Chill | 5/14/1990 | See Source »

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