Word: waves
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Immigration Act, which abolished restrictive quotas based on national origin, Asians migrated to the U.S. in increasing numbers. Many of these newcomers were well-educated professionals attracted to an economy that promised greater opportunity for them and their families. The sons and daughters of this "brain-drain" wave of immigration comprise a large part of today's college-age Asian Americans...
...immigrants picked up and moved of their own volition. In 1975, the United States began opening its doors to political refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia and elsewhere in Southeast Asia. Unlike the first wave of professionals and military families, the second wave of refugees were largely unprepared for life in a new country...
...Here you have birds that are dying," he lamented. "You have fish that are dying. And so we're going to the people in November with an initiative that will provide for an inspections program and a $500 million fund to respond to spills. This," he said with a wave at the beach, "is a helluva warning...
...gadgets are an offshoot of serious medical research into how visual and auditory stimuli can affect the brain. As it functions, the brain emits energy waves in four frequency ranges called wave states: beta, which is the normal, alert state; alpha, a slower pace noted when people are relaxed and creative; theta, the level just before people doze off, when intense learning can occur; and delta, which is deep sleep...
...possibilities are endless, and I could definitely top them with horror stories of my own. Although nobody would confuse me with Ms. Omniscient of the Globe, reverse-advice attrition might just be the wave of the future. If people were willing to listen to Morton Downey, Jr. scream at them, they are open for anything...