Word: slightest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...slightest bit of sexual imagery opens up the artist to charges of sexual harassment," he said. "This was not intended by those who developed the legal theory of sexual harassment...
...American Cold War machine is no less relevant today. The "failure of the human element," as the president so delicately puts it, does not create the bomb crisis of Strangelove. It is the dreaded "Doomsday Machine," irrevocably set to detonate Russia's entire atomic arsenal at even the slightest nuclear strike and destroy every organism on the planet, which ups the stakes of the Cold War. This is the ultimate Bigtoy in the race for deterrence...
...scarring can occur. Blood vessels that feed the arms and hands may become constricted, depriving tissues of vital nutrients and leaving toxins in place that would otherwise get washed away. In the late stages of RSI, the tendons and muscles can deteriorate and nerves become so hypersensitized that the slightest strain -- even opening a stubborn twist-off cap -- may set off a fresh round of pain...
...team that didn't have the slightest glimmer of an offensive opportunity in the first 50 minutes of play suddenly broke away from the Harvard defense in a 3-on-1 breakaway...
...ceremonial slayings a grisly new meaning. From his attire, he was recognized as the Warrior Priest and the principal figure in representations of a rite of human sacrifice that held great significance for the Moche. Adorned in gold and with glistening bells, beads and ornaments that shivered at the slightest movement, he must have impressed his subjects as more blindingly radiant than the sun overhead...