Word: though
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Administration finally approved Norplant, a long-lasting contraceptive that is implanted under the skin. Already available in 16 other countries, the method not only is highly effective but also provides five years of protection against pregnancy with a single implant. How American women will respond to this new alternative, though, is not clear, since Norplant's long-term safety has yet to be fully studied, and it does have a few side effects. Some critics fear that the five-year implant will be used by policymakers as a way of forcing contraception on women deemed unfit for motherhood...
...reader knows not to raise a skeptical eyebrow when Arnold says something is going to happen. At the time, though, it was as hard to imagine him fitting into mainstream films as it would be to fit his wonderfully preposterous name on a movie marquee. Even after he scored a worldwide hit in his first starring role, as a primeval pillager in Conan the Barbarian, he was still seen as a fluke or a freak. Could this slab of sirloin beefcake act? It hardly mattered. He could fill the film frame superbly. He was also lucky. With the box-office...
...actively promotes his movies abroad, where he is an even bigger star than in the U.S. "They see me as both American and European," he says. "And they know that I am not dealing with an American arrogance that says we are the kings. I go to Australia, even though there is no money there. If the Soviet Union would have a premiere of my film, I would go because I know that The Terminator was the hottest tape on the black market. So my attitude is that you have to pay attention to the entire world. Everything is becoming...
...Though Havel cited a survey indicating that 70% of Slovaks wanted to stay in the federation, he took no chances. Stepping in with a request to rule by decree if necessary, Havel warned that if democracy failed, "we would be cursed by future generations." Negotiators took the hint and produced a compromise: joint stock ownership of utilities and a rotating chairmanship of the central bank. But a perverse question continues to haunt the new democracies eager to join modern Europe's mainstream: What if the right to choose translates into the decision to say "No, thanks" to democracy...
Indeed, as cut-rate malls turn themselves into theme parks, with frills and flourishes and higher overhead costs, their primary advantage -- lower prices -- just might start to disappear. For now, though, did we leave the car by the talking toucan, or was it the pink flamingo...