Word: ringing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...door showed a sign saying, "And if you are selling anything to change our life or our religion, please do not ring the doorbell." While political campaigns were not included in the disclaimer, the resident was, not surprisingly, uninterested...
Attempts to change the way the cornea focuses light by surgically altering its surface began as early as the 1950s. By the 1970s Soviet doctors routinely used scalpels to reshape the corneas of nearsighted patients in an operation called radial keratotomy. But the surgery, involving a spokelike ring of incisions, never really caught on in the U.S., because the results were so difficult to predict and the healing process was often slow and painful...
...side attached, and carefully lifted the flap of tissue out of the way. In nearsighted patients, an invisible beam of laser light then trimmed away layers of tissue from the center of the cornea, producing a flatter curve. In farsighted patients, the beam scooped out a doughnut-shaped ring that resulted in a steeper curve. Then the doctors lifted the flap back into place. After a few minutes of drying, it rebonded with the rest of the cornea. Because tissue destruction is minimal, there's little healing and much less pain. Patients see clearly almost immediately after the operation...
...Quayle withdrew his hat from the ring, and he is most upset that the little propeller on top of it broke. --David Brenner...
...sincere, sweet, hardworking and God-fearing. During one of my last conversations with her, she asked about the condition of everyone in my family by name--but she was the one in the hospital. Though Miss Ola dined with President Clinton, chatted with Oprah Winfrey and helped ring in the New Year in Times Square, she never lost her humility or her grace. Miss Ola gave up the peace and quiet she had grown to cherish over the years, doing whatever was requested and not once asking for anything in return. Her gift was so much more than financial assistance...