Word: forward
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...long past when people could claim to have smoked without knowing the risk. "People under a certain age have no claim. The real harm is known, and there may be some suits, but this move makes good business sense. Now it's time for the company to go forward." But don't expect those with smoking-related illnesses to sit back quietly. Legal challenges are expected...
...optimistic about the surgery and look forward to returning to teaching in the fall," he said...
About a month ago, on the eve of Harvard's dual meet with the Quakers, the Daily Pennsylvanian described the Crimson as "always-tough Harvard." After a season of historic success, the grapplers can be proud of the reputation they earned and look forward to giving Penn a lesson or two on toughness in the seasons ahead...
...menopause that has been undergoing the most decisive makeover. Fifteen years ago, when Geraldine Ferraro ran for the vice presidency, the question buzzing anxiously around the Beltway was, "Has she gone through menopause yet?" You certainly wouldn't want a Veep who flashed hot or popped Midol. Fast-forward to 1994, and the Washington Post could calmly interview power gals Pat Schroeder and Olympia Snowe on their feelings about hormone-replacement therapy--and no one was blushing or giggling. In fact, in the new femaleist vernacular, those aren't hot flashes; they're power surges. True, you might hesitate...
...Bertin (1832), the anti-Jacobin journalist who had survived exile and the disapproval of Napoleon to become, during the reign of Louis-Philippe, a press lord--the owner of an influential newspaper, the Journal des debats. His belly strains against the confines of a wrinkled waistcoat; he leans slightly forward, fixing you with a sharply assessing stare; his hands are planted immovably on his knees. It is a pose of total self-confidence. He looks so massive that a cannonball wouldn't budge him, and yet a bit rumpled. Bertin's gray hair is disordered, and none of the smooth...