Word: suspicion
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...successfully fielded a call from her mother when she was at The Disney Store in Times Square. After quieting her friends and pretending all was normal, she successfully avoided suspicion...
...part that's because 34% of black men in the U.S. smoke cigarettes, compared with 28% of white men. (Black women tend to smoke less than white women.) It also has to do with differences in income and access to medical care. But there has always been a lingering suspicion that some of the gap might be due to either overt or subconscious discrimination. A study in last week's New England Journal of Medicine appears to bolster that disturbing conclusion...
...EVERY SEASON A new study confirms an old suspicion: more heart-attack deaths occur in December and January than at any other time of year. Though cold weather can cause a rise in blood pressure, it doesn't explain the phenomenon; the research was conducted in Los Angeles, where temperatures rarely dip below 50[degrees]. More likely, holiday bingeing on alcohol and salty, fatty food is to blame. Another possible explanation: wood-burning fireplaces release particles that can put stress on the lungs and heart...
When the conversation gets juicy, they shut the glass door, as when Kathleen Ahern, who teaches chemistry, confided her suspicion that a student has cheated. This brings a buzz of advice from her colleagues, who, despite what the kids think, know when cheating is going on. "We're not stupid," says Mike Abegg...
...greatest thing about Catherine Keener in this film is that she makes Maxine so cruel and so likeable at the same time. Every time she does something horrible, she gives you the sinking suspicion that that is going to be the last time she'll be horrible, and now she's going to start being nice. I always thought when I was younger that I would want to be the guy who could make a girl like Maxine stop being such a bitch...