Word: killingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...must have felt sometimes while engaged in some time-wasting exploit or other. In frustration he turned to such occupations as reading spiritual books, learning karate and running a ranch, but none of it was enough to stop or save him: "he was going to go ahead and slowly kill himself, no matter what I did," Linda Thompson, one of Elvis' girlfriends, noted...
...What am I talking about? Here's a metaphor: to the Japanese, the highly-dangerous Fugu fish is a great delicacy. Handled and prepared carefully, it can be relished without concern. But the fish contains a fatal poison in its skin known as tetrodotoxin, which can kill in minutes. So it is with our relationship to the past: if we approach it thoughtfully, it can provide a kind of nourishment for our lives in the present. The great danger of history is cheap nostalgia, seducing us into loving the past simply because...
What am I talking about? Here's a metaphor: to the Japanese, the highly-dangerous Fugu fish is a great delicacy. Handled and prepared carefully, it can be relished without concern. But the fish contains a fatal poison in its skin known as tetrodotoxin, which can kill in minutes. So it is with our relationship to the past: if we approach it thoughtfully, it can provide a kind of nourishment for our lives in the present. The great danger of history is cheap nostalgia, seducing us into loving the past simply because...
...current account deficit to be out of hand. That would make the U.S. less attractive to foreign investors and depress the stock market, turning the wealth effect that has made Americans so willing to buy on credit into a bad hangover. And if Americans curtail their buying, that will kill the main engine of recent U.S. expansion, which in turn will stunt other economies, particularly Asian and Latin American countries that aim to build their recoveries around pumping up exports...
...province's 2 million people, 90% of whom are ethnic Albanians. But after a week of bluster and posturing, almost nothing has been decided. The Serbs refused even to talk about the text of a possible agreement, engaging instead in a series of diplomatic maneuvers that did nothing but kill time. About the only thing the two delegations could agree on was that they were tired of the castle and wanted to sneak out to Paris for some shopping...