Word: spans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...made in treating hemophilia. In the U.S. in 1979, the typical hemophiliac could expect to live until 57. But by 1985, when tests were developed to protect the blood supply, more than half of all Americans with hemophilia had been accidentally infected with the AIDS virus. Their average life-span has dropped to 40 years...
...ardently seducing a cheeky lad from steerage who points out that the ship has become "tilty." In the scene after, the streetwise youth is a dim but pretty, gay disco pickup in the '70s. This sort of inventive time bending, accompanied by a catchall range of song styles to span the century, tryst by tryst, is what makes off- Broadway's Hello Again the one interesting musical of this scratchy season and its creator, composer-librettist-lyricist Michael John LaChiusa, the big breakthrough talent...
From 1961 to the present, Helen Frankenthaler has been exploring the print-making process and redefining what a print can be. The Museum of Fine Arts' exhibit "Helen Frankenthaler Prints" includes works that span the artist's career, ranging from small prints to large-scale works, from a single color to twenty-seven, from preparatory drawings to sculptures...
Another interesting aspect of the process is the relationship between the proof and the finished print. In some pairs, the two look alike except for one notable difference: for example, the colors in the proof of Yellow Span are reversed in the final print. The study for the most recent work, Freefall, is sculptural, built up with acrylic gel and paper pulp. The composition of the study and the final version is similar in almost every other aspect, yet the difference in texture renders each work unique...
...moving away. On the other hand, psychologist Michael Gellert noted that many longtime residents had heard so much about the danger that they took earthquakes for granted. When the possibility became real, many were jolted out of their denial. "I used to figure that if you have a life-span of 70 years, you'll have to go through one really bad one -- three minutes of absolute hell and then a few months thereafter of cleanup and inconvenience," says John Barber, a businessman originally from Connecticut. "Given the benefits -- the business opportunities, the weather, the life-style -- I used...