Word: stroke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...INTERMISSION. Stop. Pause. Breath. Sleep. Eat. Listen again. And again and again and again and again. Try to figure out how many different albums you have with Parliament's Up For the Down Stroke on it. Praise Sly. Preach the eternal peace that comes with James. Sleep. Eat. Realize that you never would have heard Wild Cherry if not for this wonderful collection. Be happy. Listen again...
...putt for dough" is an expression golfers understand. So should members of Congress, many of whom are fond of playing the game at someone else's expense. However, despite the legislative long balls hit over the past season, Capitol Hill's 535 members were unable to master one essential stroke: reforming the rules for their own behavior. True, both the House and Senate gave the appearance of movement on laws designed to tighten campaign financing and lobbying regulations. But both bodies moved so late and in such contradictory directions that any reconciliation they are able to fashion next year would...
...floor at the behest of the Justice Department's public-integrity section. A Justice official said the subpoena "may have inadvertently knocked things off track," but denied that the department had acted with any intention of thwarting a deal between Packwood and his Senate colleagues. "It's just a stroke of lousy timing," the official said...
...Tobacco is the primary nongenetic contributor to death in the U.S.; among other things, it doubles the chance of having a stroke. Poor diet and lack of exercise are second, alcohol abuse is third, and microbes and viruses are a distant fourth...
...example, Caviness says he believes that examining the implicit memory of stroke victims will give scientists a more complete understanding of the disabilities they suffer...