Word: potente
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Desperate, Cavett checked into a hospital, where for five weeks he was protected from himself while a seemingly mild but potent drug called an MAO inhibitor took effect. Such antidepressants cause subtle changes in the concentrations of certain neurotransmitters, the chemicals that carry electrical messages to and from nerve cells in the brain. The medication, which he still takes on a maintenance dose in conjunction with psychotherapy, worked. His wit, humor and facility for words returned, good as new. And Cavvett came away from the experience with a conviction that his disorder was, as he puts it, "absolutely chemical...
...Dublin politicians saw her as a troublemaker who would use her potent legal skills to cross the boundaries of her job and challenge the government. Any such action, they feared, would damage the value of her nebulous office. No fracas has ever occurred. She showed her grasp of the presidency last March in the notorious case in which the government tried to stop a 14-year-old rape victim from going abroad for an abortion. Robinson spoke out, emphasizing the need for Irish society to confront the issue but not dictating the resolution. Characteristically, she saw a chance to guide...
...BOTTOM LINE: A potent pairing, but the brilliance may be too much of a good thing...
NEARLY 30 YEARS AFTER THE DRUG THALIDOMIDE WAS yanked from the consumer market, the mere mention of it can still evoke shudders of horror from those who came to know of its side effects. Marketed as a tranquilizer, thalidomide turned out to be one of the most potent causes of birth defects ever found. Babies born to women who took it during early pregnancy were born with terrible deformities, including missing or seriously misshapen limbs...
...fight communism came home in coffins, challengers assailed the President from the left, accusing him of bellicosity and offering themselves as champions of the soft option. At other times, when Americans were not directly involved in a shooting war but were worried about the Red menace, the most potent political attacks on the man in the White House usually came from the right; he was faulted for being too accommodating or insufficiently vigilant or both...