Word: potente
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Then, in not so hushed tones, Olivia inquired as to the state of her lover's new bed. I had obviously overestimated B.C.'s Catholicism and underestimated the pervasiveness of potent American sexuality. Such flagrant sexual intimacy has come to disturb every aspect of life here, in the process turning the college bar into a giant back seat; moving X rated movies to the R section, likening Madonna to Marilyn. Our culture has come to reflect our sex life as an exhibitionist porn-show...
...Next Generation. In a performance he first offered to much acclaim last summer in Central Park, Stewart gives us a down-at-heels (barefoot, actually) aristocrat of lithe movements and piercing, narrow-eyed glances. Doubt and failure gnaw at him; he's a tatterdemalion schemer who knows, however potent his magic, that he's trafficking in forces that dwarf...
...advisory panel recommended the full approval of three new anti-AIDS drugs. One drug, called saquinavir, is the first in a new generation of potent AIDS fighters known as protease inhibitors, which attack the virus in the late stages of its reproduction...
After falling to the host Tar Heels in a hard-fought match, Harvard struggled to a 2-2 tie with the College of Charleston, twice coming from behind to earn the draw. Junior Will Kohler proved himself the team's most potent scoring threat, netting the tying goal in the 76th minute...
...Potent women in other fields are also welcome in the new Hollywood. Whitney Houston, who co-stars in this Christmas' Waiting to Exhale, has several projects in development, including a biopic of actress Dorothy Dandridge. And Oprah Winfrey just signed a five-year deal with Disney. "You won't see me shooting or stalking or being shot," she says. "I want to do films that enhance people's lives...