Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Perhaps the most striking example" supporting this point, Putnam says, "is that there are very serious health defects of being alone. Here's a factoid: your chances of dying over the next 12 months are cut in half by joining one group, and a quarter by joining two groups...
...forward to Sunday evenings with more enthusiasm than my roommates' wild speculation of the appearance of popcorn chicken on the dining services' online menu. Considering the life-or-death importance they attach to a regular Thursday diet of popcorn chicken, I'd say that my obsession has gotten pretty serious. What is it about the show that can turn a comparatively normal girl into an X-phile...
...serious case of the munchies one million Barnum animal...
...have real hope, though, that the less attractive the material, the more Trudeau will be able to turn the farcical into the humorously serious. The collected works of Doonesbury, the only political strip ever to win a Pulitzer Prize, will one day make a great curriculum for a U.S. History class (Watergate, Iran/Contra, Desert Storm, etc.). Over the last almost 29 years, Doonesbury (through Trudeau), tackling such social issues as AIDS, homelessness and education, has put together a visual and verbal compendium of life's great questions and answers: how to treat people justly in a changing society...
...guarantees that the party's winning streak will continue into next year's elections. And in fact, yesterday's returns delivered a real Republican coup in one important state: For the very first time, both houses in the Virginia legislature boast a Republican majority. This historical turnover deals a serious blow to Senator Chuck Robb, the Virginia Democrat who's facing a tough reelection campaign next year. In addition, if state Republican lawmakers make good on recent threats, the legislature will redraw the lines to a number of congressional districts, thus potentially jeopardizing a couple of Democratic House seats...