Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what exactly is baseball being saved from? What dire threat requires McGwires and Ripkens to stave off? I sometimes wonder if anyone knows. The standard answer is that the lingering acrimony from the 1994 player's strike--which caused the World Series to be canceled for the first time since 1904--still plagues the game, and that more generally, as Gammons wrote, our generation has abandoned the national pastime for electronic entertainment, or, worse yet, other sports...
This simply isn't the case. While the strike was a devastating blow to many fans, its effects have been neither as deep nor as dire as the media consensus, and baseball is ill-served by having each new star anointed the game's messiah...
Still, the game remains remarkably popular. Attendance rebounded quickly after a dip following the strike, and the average attendance now is far higher than it ever was, even in the romanticized '50s. Despite competition for American athletes, the talent pool is now far deeper than ever before. Players from the Caribbean, South America and Japan play in the majors, raising the level of play and expanding the sport's fan base...
...researchers then found that 75% of new cases of hepatitis B in the U.S. occur in those between the ages of 15 and 39. So last year the CDC advised that all children up to the age of 18 get vaccinated. But remember: the disease can strike at any age. Thus most people will benefit from getting the shots. (One exception: those allergic to yeast, which is used to make the vaccine...
...bludgeoning attack of his earlier albums; here he finds room for more melody, even some hooks. Beneath the makeup, Manson is still rock's most piercing critic--blasting, among other things, youth culture, rock music and conservatives. Manson fans, fear not: his weird new look will still strike revulsion in the hearts of your parents...