Word: rip
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nation's choice. I stared at his face. Such enormous pride and success seemed to well up in his eyes, so much so that he must temporarily have lost sense of his embodiment, his feet, arms, the people in ecstasy round him. As his spirit soared, the temptation to rip off his clothes and dance a goblin dance was surely huge. To throw his toned muscles into the adoring crowd, and sublimate himself by exquisitely losing control; for surely all human Gods must look on their bodies with a detached curiosity. Was it me, my drunken apparitions, or had Clinton...
Although I can understand the owner's concern,I actually liked the rip that adorned the seat inmy booth. It reminded me of the worn butcomfortable kitchen seats on which I spent many anhour Aunt Bessie's table. And I became even moredistressed when I found out that all of the boothsare being replaced in a matter of weeks...
...Phylloxera Task Force, but no chemical treatment has proved effective against this new biotype, and experts cannot rule out further mutations. In fact, another strain of the louse has been found in central California and as far south as Santa Barbara. For farmers the safest solution is to rip out their AXR 1 and replant with one of a dozen or so other rootstalks that appear to be more resistant to the mutations, at least so far. After replanting, it takes three years for a vine to produce mature, harvestable grapes...
...Washington Irving's classic folktale, Rip Van Winkle awakes from a 20-year nap to find his youth behind him, the world radically changed and his assumptions hopelessly outmoded. Schizophrenics roused to reality by clozapine endure much the same jolt. Re-entry is not merely a question of catching up with the arrival of rap music and the end of the cold war. It often means coming to terms with lost dreams: the chance to buy a house, build a career or perhaps start a family. On top of this, patients emerging from schizophrenia must acquire the skills needed...
...leading U.S. authorities on clozapine. "You see small, steady changes." Still, the 10% of patients who experience a dramatic awakening can be overwhelmed by the bright glare of reality and by the grief of having lost so much time to mental illness. To help patients with this "Rip Van Winkle syndrome," the Case Western group has learned that each small step forward with clozapine must be carefully nurtured with psychological counseling. Without it, the awakened patients can slip back into mental confusion, and the devilish inner voices may begin harping again...