Word: sharpness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even though this sharp turn toward free enterprise, seven months after the death of paramount reformer Deng Xiaoping, had been rumored for weeks, it was still greeted with wonder. "It's breathtaking," said Charles W. Freeman Jr., a former U.S. diplomat. "Nothing on that scale has ever been attempted." Others saw the change as a risky move. "Jiang is doing what Deng did not dare do," says a Chinese political analyst in Beijing. "He's putting the bankrupt state sector on the block even at the risk of social instability...
...dispel the dark moods that dogged her through life, Truen Bergen tried every antidepressant imaginable. But she hated the side effects, which ranged from a sharp prickling sensation to mild hypertension. Then she heard about St. John's wort, a medicinal herb that has been used for centuries in teas and tinctures. "I figured it couldn't be any worse than the medication I was already taking," says Bergen, 49, an airline purser from San Diego, Calif. "Then, after two or three weeks, it dawned on me. I felt balanced and good. I felt happy...
...musical was adapted by ART artistic director Robert Brustein from a children's story by Isaac Bashevis Singer. But the adaptation is neither sharp nor captivating-instead it relies heavily on slapstick gags and cheap one-line jokes to drag its way through a simple story. Singer's morality tale here is not expanded or satirized; rather, it is presented and left to lie like cold chicken soup, sans matzoh balls, vegetables or even chicken. The adaptation fails to challenge the audience in the slightest, and is not even successful in its irreverence. Much of 'Shlemiel' simply insults both...
Although your story about the sharp increase in attacks by dogs on people indicated that I believe dogs that bite should be chained [LIVING, June 23], that is not the case. The data indicate that chaining dogs increases the risk of aggression, and thus I do not recommend chaining. A far better approach is to prevent dog bites in the first place through more responsible dog ownership, public education about dog behavior, support for animal control at the community level and reporting of dog bites. JEFFREY J. SACKS, M.D., M.P.H. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Atlanta
Gibson grew up in Harlem, sharp enough to shoot pool with the local sharks and tall enough to play basketball with the boys. She was impossible to beat at paddle ball, a skill that evolved into her powerful game of tennis. She admitted no equals in the segregated leagues. And soon her talents were grudgingly admitted by the whites-only tournaments. But even while winning, she was denied rooms at hotels. One refused to book reservations for a luncheon in her honor. She claimed not to care, telling TIME in 1957, "I tried to feel responsibilities to Negroes, but that...