Word: pruned
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...going to require some rule-bending - the big picture is what counts. Bush closer Barry Richard reminded the Florida high court that they were above all judges, and that the Gore team was asking them to "step into the shoes of both the legislative and executive branches" and prune the law to fit the needs of the moment...
...Make a start. The intent would not be punitive but, rather, therapeutic and resuscitative. The body politic has grown unwholesome - stale with egos that have overstayed. Time to prune the fruit tree and hope for new shoots...
...million Amount California's prune growers will spend to remarket the fruit as "dried plums" after years of falling sales...
Sources: AP (3), California Prune Board, Reuters