Word: nod
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...symbolic nod, a head feint" in the direction of a basic education, Bennett says...
University Health Services Director Warren E. C. Wacker gives these establishments his nod of approval. In fact, UHS uses a similar device to to treat some skin disorders. "If it's certified equipment, and the people there know how to use it--and you don't get exposed to too many of the lower-wavelength, cancer-causing rays--I think its fine," he says...
Their June 19 demonstration, like the hundreds that came before it, lasted half an hour. Unlike nine years ago, the aging women attract little attention from harried passersby, and the police don't pay them so much as a nod. They walk peacefully, unconcerned, and use the time to chat with each other, catching up on the week's news. By now, the mothers are accustomed to the inevitable photographs of tourists and are eager to tell their story to anyone who will stop to listen. Each one, after all, has her story, as do eight, ten, twenty, thirty thousand...
Despite the clamor, the FDA shows no sign of giving the nod soon. In the past two months, agency officials have scolded Upjohn, charging that a company press release was "overly positive" and contained "misconceptions and false impressions of safety and efficacy." Industry analysts say FDA approval in 1987 seems unlikely...
...compartment is so stuffed with tapes it won't close, and the back seat is littered with the plastic placentas of cassette containers. The bikers and pink-haired punkettes hanging out in front of Tower Records recognize Molly even before she parks, but the mode is cool: a slow nod, a thin smile and distance. In one corner of the store, David Lee Roth, the motor-mouthing rock star, signs autographs, but Molly is too shy to approach him. Instead, she gets down to business, striking surgically at every rack in the store: rock, pop, jazz, country, blues...