Word: resistible
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...little fast/an hour/46 minutes off, we never changed it.<= And no big surprise, our VCRs are constantly blinking 12:00. Our Sisyphean car clock operates between nine and 11, treating us to an occasional accurate reading. While it seems easier to simply change our clocks, we resist...
Clinton couldn't resist the temptation to exploit Lewinsky, and neither could TIME. TIM ANSTEAD Hoffman Estates...
What the panel didn't question was Rezulin's immense promise. In most folks, insulin (a substance produced in the pancreas) helps ferry blood sugar into cells, where it is used for energy. But for the 15 million or so Americans with Type II diabetes, cells resist insulin's entry; eventually they weaken and die. Traditional treatments involve boosting the amount of insulin available to the cells. But these can have side effects, and for some people they don't work...
...artist, ETIENNE DELESSERT, as a children's book illustrator and thought, "Wow, this is a perfect solution." She had no idea how perfect. Delessert not only knew Piaget but had worked with him. Delessert sent along a photo of the two collaborating on a book, which we couldn't resist reproducing here. You will find other remarkable, often rare photos inside, thanks to picture editor JAY COLTON and assistant JESSICA TARASKI, along with visual treats of all kinds--charts, graphics and even what looks like a subway map. Use it to guide your own journey through the century. We hope...
Perhaps it was his isolation in a rural part of Scotland (the bucolic region of Midlothian, where he and his wife treasured long walks, gardening and the distinctive Scottish sport of curling) that permitted him to resist the naysayers. Or perhaps it was the isolation of the remote field of animal husbandry that fostered his originality...