Word: mimic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...addition, chlamydia's signs are sometimes subtle and easily misinterpreted. Men with chlamydia can experience a burning sensation during urination and a mucoid discharge, but their illness is often diagnosed as gonorrhea. In women, chlamydia may also mimic gonorrhea, causing a vaginal discharge, or result in the frequent and sometimes painful urination associated with a urinary-tract infection...
...Soviet Foreign Minister appeared a bit less dour when he visited the U.S. Mission to the U.N. Wednesday morning for a private meeting with Secretary of State Shultz. The two posed amiably at a picture-taking session in Ambassador Kirkpatrick's office; Gromyko clicked softly to mimic the sound of camera lens shutters. The meeting was much shorter than the American side had expected, lasting just three hours. Neither side would disclose what was said, but American officials reported that the meeting represented "a good start...
...looks like a contemporary El Dorado. Once given over to fruit orchards, its 150 sq. mi. in Santa Clara County are home to some of America's most successful and innovative companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Apple Computer. Hundreds of other high-technology firms are trying to mimic their success. While the vast majority have prospered, quite a few are now discovering that not all the streets in the valley are paved with profits. For them, the earlier dreams of success and overnight riches have crumbled...
...hard of hearing, sometimes appears inarticulate and unsure of the facts. But at last week's session he was feisty and sharp. Questioned about Carter's prediction that Reagan might try to duck a debate with Mondale, the President fairly jumped at the chance to mimic his devastating line from the 1980 debate with Carter. Declared Reagan...
...extensive tests to determine their capabilities. The planes are also used in simulated combat exercises, staging air skirmishes with U.S. fighters to give American pilots training in Soviet air-battle techniques. Publicly, the Air Force acknowledges only that four "aggressor squadrons" of U.S.-made F-5Es are used to mimic MiGs. A spokesman at Nellis said no such "red flag" training exercises were in progress on the day Bond crashed...