Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...know just how vital that recommendation was. According to a study in last week's Journal of the American Medical Association, only 24% of American infants sleep on their stomachs, down from 70% in 1992. And the SIDS rate, which hadn't budged in more than a decade, has plummeted from about 5,000 deaths a year to fewer than...
...small unit with a job to do. They form something like a tradition, one with roots snaking back to silent-picture days but flourishing with particular energy during and just after World War II. You know the drill: griping guys of disparate backgrounds do their duty--holding a vital position, taking a crucial hill--in the process bonding and absorbing acceptable losses...
...condition during delivery, tethered the mother to a machine, making it impossible for her to walk. Physicians and nurses became more dependent on the high-tech instruments--though studies have shown that using a specialized stethoscope during routine deliveries is just as good at measuring a baby's vital signs as an electronic monitor...
...something only diabetics worry about? No. In fact, insulin is the critical hormone that allows everyone to absorb simple sugars like glucose from their food as it is digested. Most people are so good at producing the right amount of insulin that they are never even aware of its vital presence in their bloodstream...
...naming process, as it would seem to me, goes something like this: typical Alternative Band X decides it needs a name--and a good one at that. After surveying the names of similar groups that have been commercially successful, its members realize that a catchy and quirky name is vital to the group if it ever hopes to wins a spot on Casey's Top 40 or even a gig on "Late Night With Conan O'Brian." So, following the lead of groups like Green Day, Barenaked Ladies, Smashing Pumpkins and Foo Fighters, the band members brainstorm...