Word: nods
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since 1981, when the Food and Drug Administration gave the nod, more than 300,000 people have indulged themselves with collagen shots. Enthusiasts range from society matrons to aging baby-boomer executives to fitness freaks who are intent on looking their best. "Most people who have the treatments are in their late 30s to 50s and are still very active," says Dr. Henry Roenigk, chairman of dermatology at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital. "People used to accept aging, but today they just don't want to look old. The fact is, however, collagen doesn't last forever...
...story is also the author of Creepshow. But King is aware of what he's done with his skill, of how he's occasionally bastardized it. As the 12-year-old narrator and his three friends approach the dead body, they begin to get scared: "We all began to nod. We knew about the night shift. I would have laughed then, though, if you had told me that one day not too many years from then I'd parlay all those childhood fears and night-sweats into about a million dollars...
Jacoby brought the conflict to a boil when he abruptly pushed aside a potential successor, Donald Zuckert, president of Ted Bates Advertising/New York. At the same time, Jacoby elevated two of his favorites without getting any nod from the Saatchis. The brothers retaliated by dumping Jacoby from the top job and installing Zuckert. The combative Jacoby heightened the melodrama, whether intentionally or not, by removing his portrait from a prominent wall at the agency and by accusing the Saatchis of breaking his five-year contract. "I don't know what happened. They hadn't told me they were going...
...almost over. Fran waits a few more minutes, and then he gets up to leave. Just rising is a painful procedure for him. He must put his hand on the table and push himself up as if from a hard tackle. The men at the bar turn and nod to Fran as he leaves. When he is gone, finally, they talk about...
...cronies nod into their beers...