Word: lap
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spectacle of Miyazawa cradling the prostrate leader of the free world in his lap was doubly unsettling and sent shudders around the globe. White House spokesmen assured the public that Bush was suffering from nothing more serious than exhaustion and a stomach-churning touch of gastroenteritis. Still, the brief fainting spell brought to the fore concerns about the President's health and reminded voters that Dan Quayle remains only a heartbeat away from the Oval Office. Far worse for Bush, the image was an obvious metaphor for the American economy: flat on its back, seeking succor from a resurgent Japan...
...toylike object (it weighs 6.8 lbs. and has a built-in video-game-style track ball) that has serious power and looks more sexy than wholesome. And it's practical: because notebook computers are often used away from a desk, there are palm-rest surfaces between keyboard and lap to prevent wrist cramping...
...toylike object (it weighs 6.8 lbs. and has a built-in video-game-style track ball) that has serious power and looks more sexy than wholesome. And it's practical: because notebook computers are often used away from a desk, there are palm-rest surfaces between keyboard and lap to prevent wrist cramping...
Nonetheless, more and more rainbows continue to end on American doorsteps. Double-digit millions falling into your lap can have a wonderfully life- altering effect, but not necessarily the self-indulgent changes that lottery promotions lead customers to fantasize. Sheelah Ryan, for example: her $55.5 million Florida jackpot in 1988 is the biggest single win yet. She immediately set up a foundation, named in honor of her parents, "to help the new poor: single mothers and senior citizens who must live on Social Security and cannot. They need help." In addition, she gives small scholarships to young people because "they...
...controversy that has been brewing quietly in the law- enforcement community for more than a year. Across the U.S., dozens of cops who work with radar guns day in and day out have developed cancers of suspicious origin. Two California troopers who regularly rested the gun on their lap developed cancers on their legs. Another, who jammed the gun between his legs, got testicular cancer. Several officers have developed rare cancers of the eye and eyelid -- apparently from operating the radar units too close to the head...