Word: germ
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weapons experts have compiled a record of real achievement over the years. They have essentially dismantled Iraq's nuclear- weapons industry and accounted for the great majority of its Scud missiles. They have uncovered vast stocks of chemical agents and have been trying hard to find Saddam's germ-warfare arsenal. But they still have a lot of work to do in all those categories of weapons...
...notion that disease originates in cells rather than tissues or organs, introduced in the mid-19th century by the German pathologist Rudolf Virchow, brought on just such a radical change in perspective. So too did the germ theory, based on British surgeon Joseph Lister's application of Louis Pasteur's work to prevent wound infections. Each was the result of thousands of meticulous observations made over many years. Virchow's studies were done in a university setting; Lister's in a laboratory that he and his wife set up in the kitchen of their home, where they worked tirelessly until...
...fired). Jobs is wildly enthusiastic about the new ad, which features the theme "Think Differently," but when he plays it for his inner team at the Castle Tuesday night, the group nixes it as not ready for prime time. Look for it soon, however. "There's a germ of a brilliant idea there," Jobs rhapsodizes...
...little High-8 video camera I used to take home movies of my kids," he recalls. "In those three years I probably told more stories at my kids' bedtime than I did to the public in my entire career. Then later I'd ask myself, 'Is there the germ of a movie in here? Where is the story? Where is my place? When can I tell a story, not just to my kids, but back...
...sort of fresh-fruit drinks sometimes called smoothies, and I noticed that the add-ins you could get in your smoothie (most of them for an extra 50[cents]), were listed as follows: "spirulina, bee pollen, brewer's yeast, calcium, ginseng, lecithin, protein powder mix, vitamins & minerals, and wheat germ." In Kansas City, people would pay a lot more than 50[cents] to have any of those things removed from whatever they were eating and replaced with Betty Lucas' chicken batter...