Word: soft
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...year. Another million were distributed in the next six months. Meanwhile, the number of Web "sites" you can visit with Mosaic has exploded, from a few dozen a year ago to more than 10,000 today. You can find everything on the Web from Hubble Space Telescope images to soft-core porn movies to the latest Rolling Stones hit. Even the Vice President of the U.S. has his own Web site...
...part of American musical culture is untouched by Joplin's influence. Stride piano, boogie-woogie, Dixieland, Big Band swing, blues, soul and rock 'n' roll -- to some degree, all these forms were adumbrated in Joplin's works. But Joplin's achievement transcends pop music; indeed, the soft-spoken, neatly dressed whorehouse pianist was a master melodist who would rightly be called an American Schubert...
...remains to be seen how much Clinton will reap politically for his team's efforts at succoring Big Business. Since his Inauguration, the Democratic Party has received record amounts of "soft money" donations, largely from corporate givers -- some of whom, perhaps not coincidentally, have accompanied Brown on his jaunts. Yet businessmen and -women say they remain uneasy with an Administration that seems to understand their needs on the road but is all too willing to criticize -- or tax -- them in order to pursue domestic initiatives. Complains Bruce Josten, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce senior vice president for policy...
...women, solid evidence is hard to come by. Even when a cause-and-effect relationship is established, as in major industrial accidents, the data are confusing. In the years after a large dioxin release in 1976 in Seveso, Italy, for example, the incidence of leukemias, lymphomas and soft-tissue cancers in men and gall-bladder and bile- duct cancers in women rose -- but breast and endometrial cancers in women actually went down. Possible reason: dioxin may sometimes interfere with the hormone system in beneficial ways...
...Weekly Mail and borrowed money for the air fare. Immediately after their plane ) touched down in the village of Ayod, Carter began snapping photos of famine victims. Seeking relief from the sight of masses of people starving to death, he wandered into the open bush. He heard a soft, high-pitched whimpering and saw a tiny girl trying to make her way to the feeding center. As he crouched to photograph her, a vulture landed in view. Careful not to disturb the bird, he positioned himself for the best possible image. He would later say he waited about 20 minutes...