Word: thinness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...actor." But he does have the image, in the films that made him famous, of an intense young man with a mission: the total workhorse, the ultimate party animal. His job -- flying planes, shooting pool, mixing drinks -- is his life. And he is vulnerable as well as volatile. His thin, high voice helps him here: it locates a little boy lost in the clouds of bravado. Moviegoers may also like what they see in Cruise the man: a dedicated actor, utterly absorbed with his craft, who uses his celebrity to get better parts and get better at what he does...
...that the agency has been keeping lifesaving drugs out of the hands of victims. In fact, the FDA spent $5 million more than the $46 million Congress provided to seek a cure for the disease. With health-conscious Americans including less red meat in their diets, the FDA's thin line of inspectors has been forced to monitor increasing amounts of seafood, imported fruits and vegetables, and chicken and eggs. A number of spectacular food- tampering cases, like last March's poisoned Chilean grape case (only two tainted grapes were discovered), forced the agency to reassign up to one-third...
...line Santa is not the only Mr. Claus to carry a Salvation Army bell. In snowless downtown Boston, there are thin Santas and fat Santas and bell-ringers in blue jeans and sweats...
...because I'm fat, of course. No, I am one of the millions of American women who are dieting because we have a poor self-image. We are not happy with our bodies. We want to look like the super-thin models and emaciated actresses we see in the media. I personally want to look like Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face. My dieting buddy wants to look like Bob Hope in The Road to Bali...
...think [local aid] will be cut," said Rep. Mary Jane Gibson (D-Belmont). "That would mean very severe effects on cities and towns with very thin budgets...