Word: peeling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sitting in his office, Weiss scans a computer-enhanced image of a newborn baby lying in intensive care in Saginaw, Michigan, 100 miles north of Detroit. The child was born wrapped inside a rare membrane that causes its skin to peel away in gobs, leaving the baby dangerously exposed to infection. Viewing a high-resolution picture of the youngster sent to the hospital and displayed on a PC, Weiss is able to diagnose the condition, known as lamellar ichthyosis, and suggest a treatment. "It was pretty horrendous," he says of the infant's condition. "But we were able to tell...
...strike against Caterpillar. Since the strike ended in early December, the firm has forbidden incendiary slogans like "Families in Solidarity" and suspended dozens of union employees for infractions as tiny as failing to shake a foreman's hand with sufficient alacrity. A 52-year-old worker who failed to peel union stickers off his toolbox fast enough was threatened with loss of retirement benefits...
Dole doesn't smoke and rarely drinks. He eats carefully while in town and follows Nixon's admonition never to eat before a speech. On the road he indulges in Kentucky Fried Chicken, and his advancemen have been known to peel off from his motorcades in search of local Dairy Queens on his behalf. "Gotta eat a little something," he'll say. "Gotta keep the energy...
...sometimes he fools you. His new album's title track perks and chirps along like a burger jingle. Not until you peel off the tinsel and listen to the lyrics--"You had a scent for scandal/ Well here's my middle finger/ I had 40 years of pain/ and nothing to cling to"--do you hear John raging at his homeland and his fickle fans. "It's sort of a 'screw you' song," says Taupin. "I put myself in his shoes and heard him saying, 'This is me, accept me for what...
...minute break is over, so I have to ponder the meaning of this through the rest of my shift. Then, I drag myself up out of the couch, open the front door and peel up the doormat...