Word: wilt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this replacement approach put the pressure back on U.N. efforts to contain Saddam's weapons of mass destruction. Washington is still betting that the highly trained inspection teams that trooped back to Baghdad last week can bridle Saddam's more dangerous ambitions. But privately, the hope is starting to wilt. U.S. officials are concerned that the eight-year-old U.N. regime may have done almost all it can to uncover existing stockpiles. UNSCOM inspectors have already rid Iraq of many of its missiles, launchers and tons of chemical munitions and production equipment. They are now searching mainly for biological weapons...
...fresh produce if at all possible. Canned spinach is a horror. I prefer to wilt 10 oz. of spinach quickly in a covered skillet with a little water and lemon juice or with some garlic and a teaspoon of olive oil. It takes just three minutes to steam broccoli until it's bright green and a little crunchy--and it then retains its vitamins and other nutrients...
...sport where records are usually broken by only a hundredth of a second, her accomplishments are the equivalent of Joe Dimaggio's 56 game hitting streak or Wilt Chamberlain's 100 points in a single game...
...extramarital affair was revealed when his mistress (a former college student of his) brought one of their two children to a hospital after the child was injured in an accident. The hospital requested the father's name, and Schmitz--a church-and-family conservative--then watched his political career wilt...
...Clinton's approval ratings remain stubbornly high, Republicans might even forgo taking any action at all, hoping all the while that even without the drama of an impeachment hearing, Clinton's authority, and his ability to push through the rest of his agenda, will simply wilt under a continuing barrage of ridicule and distaste. It's not exactly a political advantage for the President to seem like his own perennial bimbo eruption. Hillary Clinton insisted to some reporters last week that the crisis will "slowly dissipate over time." That could very well be. But while that's happening, the Clinton...