Word: onsets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...said the study showed a strong correlation between the appearance of two APOE-4 alleles, which were recently shown to have a correlation with late-onset Alzheimer's disease, and the age and possibility of Alzheimer's onset in those with a family history of the disease...
...with the onset of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's health care reform proposals, the worrying has begun...
Nevertheless, changes are clearly in store. The hospitals--including Massachusetts General, Brigham and Women's, the Beth Israel, Children's and New England Deaconess--are apparently hoping to capture efficiencies and eliminate some duplication of services, preparing for the onset of national health care reform...
...lose him to some exquisite little girl with long hair flicking like a horse's mane, a student drawn to him and he to her, intoxicated with the wine dark words of Walt Whitman, yes, okay, that's as it should be." Since when does turning 30 signal the onset of senescence? Admittedly, there is a certain fragility to women's social status as they age, but this tends to be counteracted by the rewards of a rich and fulfilling professional life...
There are many factors, besides increased permissiveness, that make the trend toward increased casual sex among kids seem almost inevitable. Since the turn of the century, better health and nutrition have lowered the average age of sexual maturity. The onset of menstruation in girls has dropped three months each decade, so the urges that once landed at 14 may now hit at 12. At the same time, the years of premarital sexual maturity are much greater than a generation ago. The typical age of a first marriage has jumped to 25, from 21 in the 1950s...