Word: specialize
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Assault weapons and "Saturday-night special" bans hailed as the toughest in the nation? Done. On-time budget? Done...
...teeth and head and broken bones smashed in until, fevered and racked by dysentery, he considered suicide. Imagine that this could all be made to stop by your father, the commander of the Pacific fleet, and that your captors were insisting you take early release. But McCain refused special treatment and spent another another 4 1/2 years in prison...
...laser resurfacing requires anesthesia and good skin-care follow-up, which usually involves great globs of Vaseline or special creams and a mask. Patients can be left raw and oozing for weeks or, even worse, end up looking like the Phantom of the Opera. Skin heals faster (often in a week) with the newer Erbium lasers, which are cooler and can be used on the thinner surface of the neck and chest as well as the face, as long as the doctor exercises caution. Yet even these supposedly gentler lasers can sting and, in inexperienced hands, burn and scar...
Books about the market's direction are pure guesswork. Elias and that other Kadlec as much as admit that there's nothing special in their forecasts. Elias predicts Dow 40,000 by 2016, an average annual gain of 9%. Kadlec projects Dow 100,000 by 2020, equal to 11% a year. Given that stocks have returned 17% a year over the past 20 years, it's hard even to call them bulls. About all they're saying is that the U.S. will remain a sovereign nation. I'd call that a real sturdy limb they've climbed onto...
...memorable. Note the sponsors on the banners announcing the student talent competition. And there are all of Mary Katherine's usual quirks--sticking her hands under her armpits, her movie-of-the-week monologues, and her agitated, "Hi, I'm Mary Katherine Gallagher." She is a distinctive character--so special that in the words of the headmaster, "we feel you should be in the special ed. class...