Word: fitting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Other side effects associated with some of the research include drowsiness, lethargy, and dizziness, says Orzack. Every subject must be deemed fit by a psychiatrist to go home, and "we always send them home in a cab," she says. "[Using depressants] is like being really drunk, but without the sickness or the alcohol. It's like you're in a bubble," says one participant...
...students] are able to admit they are doing something illegal; they are responsible and sufficiently savvy not to take stupid chances." Most can take a drug or leave it as the case may be, and they "fit into their world, usually indulging on weekends," she continues...
...often choose to heat and eat a Lean Cuisine or Le Menu frozen dinner. Now comes a convenient appliance in which to cook such solitary repasts: the Half Pint microwave oven. Made by Japan's Sharp Electronics, this compact cooker is small enough (13 in. by 13 in.) to fit snugly into the tiniest studio apartment. It will bake a potato in six minutes, only a tad slower than the four minutes that a typical full-size microwave takes...
...able to dial a single digit and reach a Dollar operator, who will consult a battery of maps and give directions. Budget Rent a Car will soon equip a fleet of 1,500 autos with portable phones that can be operated outside the car and are small enough to fit inside a customer's briefcase...
...presses at will. Murdoch broke that costly stranglehold in one weekend last month. He abruptly fired nearly 6,000 striking printers and moved his London papers to the $140 million computerized plant at Wapping, thus allowing him a fresh start to man the presses the way he saw fit. The maneuver not only opens the way for the country's other 13 major dailies and Sunday papers to join the technological revolution but delivers a stinging blow to the British union movement. Observes Andrew Knight, chief executive of the Daily Telegraph: "This is the year of Murdoch...