Word: feverishly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quests have been as feverish as the search for alternative sources of taxol, the anticancer drug derived from yew trees. So far, the best candidates have not made an impact on the price tag. A single treatment cycle costs nearly $1,000 and may have to be repeated 10 times. Researchers from Montana report in Science that they have found the answer: a lowly tree fungus that produces the cancer-fighting chemical in minute quantities. If scientists can figure out how to boost the output, they should be able to create fermentation vats brimming with relatively inexpensive taxol...
...team of Clinton & Clinton sure seems to be trying. With concerns about medical costs reaching feverish heights, prescription prices have become the first major target of health-care reformers' wrath. The President last month blasted the price of prescription drugs as "shocking" and blamed vaccinemakers for pursuing "profits at the expense of our children." His remarks came a day after Hillary Rodham Clinton denounced the cost of childhood vaccines -- which have risen 1,000% in a decade -- and suggested that drugmakers would oppose the Administration's forthcoming health-care reforms. The industry's earnings also came under attack; Democratic Congressman...
Middle-class, full-time motherhood is too often imbued with martyrdom and angst-ridden soul searching, usually a feverish attempt to justify the retreat to domesticity. This retreat may be facilitated by the fact that women do face particular problems in the corporate world...
...epilogue of Up Close, McCartney dangles the possibility of a reunion with the two other surviving Beatles, a prospect that has already generated feverish media anticipation. "If we get together for one piece of music," Paul predicts, "we're bound to say, 'C'mon, let's do another little thing.' " The Fab Three could even dust off their old Sgt. Pepper uniforms and hit the road, showing that their esprit de corps is as timeless as the Beatles' ( music. Then again, it might be wiser to respect the immutability of the past and simply...
Shea has a stronger voice and a more compelling stage presence. When he is not cowering in Byron's shadow, he delivers his monologues with feverish intensity. He is especially impressive in his final monologue, in which he recites a chaos of fragments from his poems, counting out the meter on his fingers...