Word: irregularities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...novelist Colette was a very different figure. Indeed, her private life was so irregular by Catholic standards that the church forbade her a Catholic funeral in Notre Dame. The French government, sensing a public outcry, responded with the unprecedented gesture of giving sexy, wild, outrageous Colette a state funeral...
...danger of falling apart. He has been aboard the aging space station since February and has had to cope with nonstop crises: a fire, breakdowns in oxygen and cooling systems, a collision with a cargo ship and last week a power failure. No wonder he's suffering from an irregular heartbeat and taking sedatives...
HEADACHES AND HORMONES Doctors have long suspected a link between headaches and certain sex hormones, particularly in women. A study of 100 women at the University of Mississippi Medical Center suggests that women who have gynecological problems (irregular menstrual cycles, ovarian cysts) or who have undergone hysterectomies are up to twice as likely to develop chronic severe headaches as women who have not. Scientists still don't know why some women get headaches during the hormone surges that accompany their monthly cycles...
...would just like to make clear that I know absolutely of nothing related to the ad hoc process that was in any way irregular or inappropriate, in this case or in any of the other cases," he said at the beginning of the interview...
Cotter says that because of the highly complex and involved nature of the issue, the hearings are likely to continue on an irregular basis for a few weeks...