Word: frozen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only whites at a predominantly black orphanage, the distinction of becoming his errand boys. For Essrog the decision was a no-brainer. At St. Vincent's Home for Boys he was choking on a flood of words and impulses in need of release. "Language bubbled inside me now, the frozen sea melting, but it felt too dangerous to let out." Over the next 15 years Minna encouraged Essrog to speak (in shouts, non sequiturs, stupid riddles) and taught him the new vocabulary of belonging. Essrog and his buddies became Minna Men--detectives who knew how to follow Minna's orders...
CAPE FEAR The evergreen fashion conundrum: Will it be passe before you pay for it? Last year's shoulder-hugging shrug is as good as donated. This season the cape is back, but not as we knew it: ponchoesque, snug, midriff baring (perfect for that elusive frozen-tummy, toasty-collarbone feel). There's even a summer cape. Trade it in for a new shrug come next year...
...Blame it all on Mother Nature. These days, with technology allowing man almost complete coverage of the globe, Antarctica in winter provides one of the few remaining impenetrable frontiers. Just like the public fascination with the polar exploits of Scott and Amundsen at the turn of the century, the frozen continent continues to find ways to grip the imagination...
...China, which accounts for just under a third of the world's smokers, presents an almost untapped market to U.S. cigarette manufacturers stung by a drop-off in smoking in America and Europe. "Some in Asia charge that because U.S. companies are being frozen out of American markets, they're turning to the Third World to keep the business going," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. But China's smoking problem may have a lot less to do with the allure of Western cigarette advertising than with prevailing social conditions. "If you're an ordinary worker in a Chinese industrial city...
...FROZEN FERTILITY For the first time, doctors appear to have restored the fertility of a prematurely menopausal woman by reimplanting ovarian tissue removed--and frozen--years before. While the woman, a 30-year-old ballerina, has yet to try to conceive, one important first step has occurred: she ovulated and had a period. The still experimental technique, developed by an Anglo-American team, may help women undergoing sterility-causing chemotherapy to preserve their fertility--and just may extend the childbearing years beyond menopause...