Word: frigid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...architect, doesn't act as if he could read a blueprint, much less draw one up. He's also supposed to be a loving father, but the scenes with his daughter are played as if he fears a charge of child molestation. His wife is meant to be a frigid businesswoman, but you can practically hear Sharon Stone's joints pop as she attempts the stretch. The other woman (Lolita Davidovich) is said to be a witty journalist, but looks as if she might need help booting up her word processor...
Just as last week's tremors were destroying highways, buildings and lives in Southern California, an even deadlier natural disaster was advancing slowly but inexorably south from Canada into the U.S. By midweek a huge mass of frigid arctic air had practically paralyzed much of the Midwest and East. Temperatures in dozens of cities dropped to all-time lows: -22 degreesF in Pittsburgh; -25 degrees in Akron, Ohio, and Clarksburg, West Virginia; -27 degrees in Indianapolis, Indiana. Chicago schools closed because of cold weather for the first time in history, Federal Government offices shut down in Washington, and East Coast...
...above their tracks. To do the job, however, these superconductors must be kept at very low temperatures (around 4 degreesK) through the use of liquid helium, an expensive and hard-to-handle coolant. The goal of current research is to produce superconductors that can perform their magic at less frigid temperatures that are easier to reach and maintain. What's exciting about the latest mercury compounds, Chu points out, is that they can theoretically do their thing with the help of ordinary coolants like Freon, which circulates in household refrigerators...
...would be even consider expanding next winter in frigid Norway...
...starving eastern town of Cerska, for example, Muslim foragers approached the airlift pallets at risk of being picked off by waiting Serb gunners. Coincidentally or not, Serb forces mounted withering attacks throughout the region, forcing thousands of civilians into frigid mountain terrain. Despite the airlift's pressure on the advancing Serbs to move pre- emptively, U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher insisted that "we have no indication" it sparked the rout. The United Nations Commissioner for Refugees, however, raised the specter of a Serb "massacre" of Muslims. At week's end Serb commanders offered to allow safe passage to fleeing...