Word: singularability
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...blue siren suit stood Winston Churchill, looking smaller than life. He wordlessly gave his benediction to the White House aides by raising his arm and forming the victory sign with his chubby fingers. The door closed as suddenly as it opened. For Hopkins, now 73, it was a singular frame in his own remarkable march of time...
...much for expectations. Candice Bergen's account of her first 38 years not only is handwritten, it is one of the better books of the season so far: a shrewd, funny, loving and sometimes appalling account of how it felt to grow up in a family that was singular even in Hollywood...
...cylinders, but only ten of them exploded. Very little was left of Suicide Driver Raad Muftin Ajeel but a fragment of one of his fingers. That was enough for police to identify the terrorist and, apparently, to round up most of his accomplices. While handling the case with singular aplomb, the Kuwaitis also detained scores of suspected dissidents for questioning and deported hundreds of others...
Indeed, Marcos has managed to ride out the turbulence of the past few months with singular and characteristic adroitness. In the wake of Aquino's slaying, more than a million citizens took to the streets of Manila, marching on the President's Malacañang Palace and calling outright for his resignation. But Marcos shrewdly countered their attacks with a string of concessions that were accommodating enough to mute some criticism yet narrow enough to prevent real change...
...hospital, but must remain in Pittsburgh indefinitely for checkups three times a week. Doctors are encouraged by the fact that Stormie's cholesterol level is declining; they hope that the wartlike bumps will soon begin to disappear. Scientists across the country meanwhile expect to learn from her singular experience. "It was FH patients like Stormie who taught us how cholesterol is controlled in normal people," says Molecular Geneticist Michael Brown of the University of Texas. "Science very frequently advances by studying the most extreme cases...