Word: phenomenon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...EVERY SEASON A new study confirms an old suspicion: more heart-attack deaths occur in December and January than at any other time of year. Though cold weather can cause a rise in blood pressure, it doesn't explain the phenomenon; the research was conducted in Los Angeles, where temperatures rarely dip below 50[degrees]. More likely, holiday bingeing on alcohol and salty, fatty food is to blame. Another possible explanation: wood-burning fireplaces release particles that can put stress on the lungs and heart...
...proportional representation has been proven to reduce gender inequalities within elected government. Today, women constitute only 11 percent of the House of Representatives and a mere eight percent of the Senate. Systems of proportional representation, however, have been proven to result in greater numbers of elected women. Indeed, this phenomenon has been substantiated in electoral systems around the world: Sweden has a legislature that is 41 percent female, Norway's is 39 percent and South Africa's is 25 percent, dwarfing America's humiliating figures...
...This phenomenon, according to Juliet B. Schor, consumer theorist and author of The Overspent American, illustrates a widely-known fact: paying with credit cards is "a relatively painless type of transaction" which has been shown to increase the amount people purchase...
...Physical presence--yes, exactly. There is a very important phenomenon called the Physicality of Power...The physical--the body--should not be underestimated...when you're trying to explain the mesmerism of something that's past. And it's not necessarily a question of physical beauty either, although Reagan certainly was beautiful...
...Kansas Board of Education which voted to include creationism in school curriculum is a fine example of this phenomenon. Five out of the ten members elected to the Board are conservative Christians elected in the fall of 1998. They were elected right under the nose of moderate Republicans preoccupied with the high-profile Republican gubernatorial primary which pitted a former Kansas Christian Coalition head against moderate Bill Graves. By moving the debate away from the abortion clinic doors (or rather, being banished from them by the FACE act) they have colored themselves as innocuous citizens merely concerned for the welfare...