Word: starting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...expected a lot of leaders," Duane says of his start at HLS. But, finding no one to take the initiative socially, he took the reins himself...
...possible the millennium is fizzing because everyone just realized this isn't really the end of the millennium. As any math nerd can eagerly tell you, there was no year zero, therefore the next century doesn't technically start until...
...knows what causes macular degeneration. In 90% of the cases involving older people, the retina wears thin and abnormal deposits called drusen start to appear. This is the so-called dry form of the disease, in which vision deteriorates slowly, if at all. Still, it should be checked periodically since complications can occur...
...patients whose retinal abnormalities occur mostly in what is known as the classic pattern. Doctors inject the drug into a vein in the patient's arm; from there it quickly spreads through the body. The drug concentrates wherever new blood vessels are being formed. But it doesn't start destroying those blood vessels until it is activated by pulses of light from a non-heat-generating laser. Since the light is shone into the eye, only the abnormal growths in the retina are targeted. Patients have to stay out of the sun for 24 to 48 hours after treatment...
...technical complications and industry infighting. Yet some experts are optimistic, saying it will really show its colors in 2000--at least in major markets--and those who buy wide-screen, HDTV-capable sets (see No. 1) will have "future-proofed" their living rooms. "Now is the time to start thinking about HDTV," says Lee Richman, a home-theater custom installer in New York City who helped design the system on these pages. The total cost of our fantasy setup, not including furniture: $6,900. Of course, you don't need every black box shown here. But you may be tempted...