Word: jolt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...scientist, he writes clearly and perceptively about several reasonably esoteric subjects--from genetic engineering to the recently-discovered hole in the Antarctic ozone layer. Although his explanations of global warming may seem doom-laden, they contain enough hard facts to give even the least environmentally aware person a serious jolt...
...WHITE SEASON. A polite white liberal turns radical after confronting the brutality of South African racism. Drama that couples the pulse of popular fiction with a jolt of moral outrage...
...WHITE SEASON. A white liberal turns radical after confronting the brutality of South African racism. Hard-edged drama that couples the pulse of popular fiction with the jolt of moral outrage...
...movement may be getting a jolt from a hostile Supreme Court, whose ruling in the case of Webster v. Reproductive Health Services permits the states to place new restrictions on abortion. "Before Webster," says Susan Carroll, a political scientist with Rutgers University's Center for the American Woman in Politics, "there was a very real assumption, especially among college students, that the battle was over." That assumption is no longer valid...
...hope reigns supreme this year, as the Patriots have committed to improving the passing game with strong-armed quarterback Tony Eason and the drafting of tall, fleet wide receiver Hart Lee Dykes. New England tight ends received quite a jolt when they reported to mini-camp this summer and were told that they would be expected to catch passes as well as block this year...