Word: skin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...much better chance of finding a match in an Asian-American because, as executive director for the Asian American Donor Program Cheryl Louie said, "just as we inherit our eyes, hair and skin color, we inherit bone marrow in the same manner...
...this Mass. Ave. mall, American culture hardly penetrates the skin. Sears and The Gap may catch the eye of passing drivers, but inside, names like Kotobukiya and Sapporo draw the crowds...
...inquisitive child pulls at the handle of a pot on the stove and is scalded by a cascade of boiling water. A smoker falls asleep with a lighted cigarette and is badly burned when the bedding catches fire. An eruption of caustic chemicals engulfs a worker, eating away skin and flesh. A blast of superheated air burns a fire fighter's face and damages his lungs...
King's Creek is one of three Chesapeake Bay tributaries Maryland has closed in the wake of an alarming outbreak of deadly waterborne bacteria. Along with thousands of fish killed and infected, as many as 28 people who have come into contact with the water have developed symptoms including skin rashes, respiratory problems and memory loss. The culprit appears to be an obscure microbe called Pfiesteria piscicida, which under certain circumstances turns toxic. Though the precise trigger remains unclear, suspicion has fallen on agricultural runoffs, particularly from the region's numerous chicken farms. In addition to closing waterways, Governor Parris...
DENVER: Oklahoma City bombing suspect Terry Nichols desperately tried to save his own skin by providing the FBI with statements incriminating Timothy McVeigh, according to an official interrogation summary obtained by TIME magazine. Correspondent Patrick Cole reports in this week's TIME that Nichols said McVeigh was capable of building a bomb on his own, and that McVeigh had said he had "something in the works" three days before the attack. Nichols told the FBI he didn't learn of the bombing until the following day, because his TV reception was lousy...