Word: rashness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Dust from cut plaster and exotic woods can be lung and skin irritants. Last year, a student developed a skin rash resembling poison Ivy after cutting some exotic wood, Doyle said...
...That meant you could not make a deposit outside the state where your account was based, although you could make withdrawals. But soon you should be able to perform any transaction at any branch of your bank, regardless of its location. Analysts expect the new legislation to spur a rash of mergers, ultimately reducing the number of banks from the current 11,000 to about 5,000 over the next few years. That could bring greater competition, better service and lower fees...
Several days after a victim contracts the virus, his eyes turn red and his head begins to ache. Red spots appear on his skin and, spreading quickly, become a rash of tiny blisters, and then the flesh rips. Blood begins to flow from every one of his body's orifices. The victim coughs up black vomit, sloughing off parts of his tongue, throat and windpipe. His organs fill with blood and fail. He suffers seizures, splattering virus-saturated blood that can infect anyone nearby. Within a few days the victim dies, and as the virus destroys his remaining cells, much...
...typical product of an exemplary school system. In fact, a 1993 Department of Education study described what it called a "quiet crisis" in education for the gifted; programs proudly initiated in the 1970s and 1980s to nurture their talents have often been the first victims of the rash of state budget cuts...
Republicans are looking towards strong gains in the 1994 and 1996 elections. Perhaps they're only hyping themselves, but the public should nonetheless be on guard for a rash of centrist leanings meant only to garner votes...