Word: shuns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Atten-shun! There will be no sex in dormitories. That's an order at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, and for many of the school's 4,410 cadets, 553 of whom are women, it is one of the toughest to obey. But rarely has the rule been breached as flagrantly as in a case revealed last week: a sexual encounter between a male and a female cadet, conducted under the watchful eyes of six male classmates hiding in a dorm closet. The romp landed the woman, who became distraught upon learning how public the performance had been...
...would not do so until they had an ironclad case. The national antiapartheid coalition did not hesitate, though. In February 1989, leaders of the United Democratic Front and the Congress of South African Trade Unions blamed Mandela for her gang's "reign of terror" and called on activists to shun...
...largely through the efforts of the Skin Cancer Foundation and the American Cancer Society, which attempt to spread the word through posters, pamphlets, newspaper ads and an occasional billboard. Hollywood may help. Some of today's most popular female stars, including Kim Basinger and Geena Davis, shun the sun, projecting a pale beauty that could influence a new generation. Manufacturers of sunscreens seem to have caught on. Store shelves these days display more screens with sun- protection factors of 15, 25 and 30 than with the once familiar 4 and 8 ratings...
...perils of lending to Trump became apparent last week, when Manufacturers Hanover, a major Trump creditor, acknowledged that it has been unable to collect interest on $157 million of loans to the developer. Meanwhile, gaming experts said gamblers from Japan and other Asian nations have begun to shun Trump's casinos out of fear that his troubles will bring them bad luck. While that may be mere superstition, even bettors seem to be showing more prudence than bankers these days...
...casual, relaxed, cool look; none has succeeded more spectacularly in looking as though it had been stamped out by cookie cutters. The attempt to avoid any appearance of being well groomed or even neat has a quality of desperation about it and suggests a calculated and phony deprivation. We shun conventionality, but we put on a uniform to do it. An appearance of alienation is the triumphant goal, to be pursued in oversize sweaters and muddy sneakers...