Word: tend
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their lives and by the end it is impossible to escape the feeling that some of these writers are close friends one has known for years. The universality of themes is fascinating, especially as it is often split among gender lines. Writing about life defining experiences, the women essayists tend, in most cases, to do so by discussing specific relationships with fathers, brothers, boyfriends, marriage or sex; their male counterparts, with few exceptions, barely touch on them at all, drawing self-definition from other sources...
...David Dixon, a surgeon in Farmington, thinks the program will encourage more people to seek medical help before they need acute care. "This is a fee-for-service with a different currency," he says. "Hospitals tend to concentrate on patients inside the building and not accept responsibility for the wellness of the entire community...
...question is what's going to happen in the coming hurricane season. The westerly wind patterns that El Nino fosters tend to shear off the tops of developing Atlantic Ocean hurricanes. Last year, for example, when El Nino was firmly in control, the Atlantic hurricane season was over almost before it began. La Nina, by contrast, partners with wind patterns that favor the formation of Atlantic Ocean hurricanes. The problem is that forecasters at the moment are looking at a mixed picture. While sea-surface temperatures in parts of the tropical Pacific have dropped precipitately, there are still substantial patches...
...more or less normal. Thus, under La Nina's sway, the Indonesian archipelago, which is usually wet, should expect to receive substantially more rain than it got last year. But in the absence of La Nina, Indonesia would still receive a lot of rain. Similarly, Canada and Alaska, which tend to be cold in winter anyway, might well be colder under La Nina conditions. During the 1995-96 La Nina, for example, Winnipeg suffered daytime temperatures of -4[degrees]F or less for more than a week, and overnight lows fell to -22[degrees]F or below for 19 days...
...paths toward salvation. The songs on the California-based band's new album have names like Bloodclot, Black Lung and Cash, Culture & Violence; the guitar work is raw and roaring; and the quartet's two singer-guitarists, scraggly-voiced Tim Armstrong and bellowing Lars Frederiksen, both tend to slur and snarl their way through songs...