Word: whiten
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This is the newest and fastest-growing field for lasers. Within the past two years the FDA has approved the use of lasers in fixing cavities. On the cosmetic side, lasers can be used to whiten teeth by activating bleaching compounds, and to remove gum tissue and reshape the gum line. "Lasers have dramatically changed dentistry," says Dr. Jeff Golub-Evans, a leading New York City cosmetic dentist. "The things we can do with them are spectacular...
COAT Washed in Treseme shampoo; sprayed with water, hair spray and cornstarch (to whiten it up); conditioned to help pesky split ends; and fluffed up during judging...
There were many standout performances for the Crimson. Freshman David Fahrenthold tied a Major League record by hitting four home runs in four consecutive at-bats. The last person to accomplish the feat in the majors was current New York Yankee Mark Whiten, who hit four round-trippers in one game as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals...
...knuckles, marred with scabs, whiten as he squeezes a silver Zippo lighter, which looks large in his small and fragile hands. He snaps open the lighter with practiced precision, then lights a Marlboro and sucks it furiously. "My sister turned seven in April. Do you know what we did for her / birthday? Nothing! Mom was in Vegas. I coulda killed...
Time Inc. is seeking other ways to lighten our impact on the environment. For example, Refkin is working on a new program with our paper suppliers that will significantly reduce a troubling side effect of magazine production that has plagued publishers. To whiten magazine stock, paper plants have long used a chlorine bleaching process. In 1985 the Environmental Protection Agency discovered that this procedure produces traces of dioxin, a highly toxic chemical, in waste water at the plants. Looking for ways of solving the problem, TIME asked its mills to substitute a different bleaching process that does not produce...