Word: shorn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Once dependable only as an endless source of jokes, the U.S. Postal Service has just delivered its third straight year of billion-dollar profits. The service, shorn of government subsidies in 1982 to make it more competitive, hauls 630 million pieces of mail a day through snow, rain, heat and gloom of night with a savvy that has raised its on-time rate for first-class letters to a reliable 92%. Polls show that the Postal Service is rising steadily in the public's esteem. "The more a federal agency has to compete in the market, the more likely...
...says. "I was also asked for my name, and I also refused. The girl at the counter called her supervisor, who told me I could not get a haircut in their shop." Why? The barbershop uses a computer to record all transactions. Bruen went elsewhere to get his locks shorn...
...politics, appearances are everything. To assuage his critics, Newt Gingrich last week started paying down his debt to the ethics committee and promised not to borrow more than $150,000 from Bob Dole. But the appearance that Washington was talking about was more cosmetic: a newly svelte and shorn Speaker. Gingrich is following a regimen of careful eating and increased exercise that has resulted in a loss of nearly 20 lbs. And the Georgia mop-top is getting his hair cut every two to three weeks. Result: a slimmer, more sophisticated Speaker. But Newt's G.O.P. critics say he also...
...example, several days ago, my roommate and I decided to shave our heads to proclaim our complete dedication to our theses over the next few weeks. (My freshly-shorn dome looks great, but my roommate flaked and decided not to shave his head when he was halfway through shaving mine...
Manson is not, of course, the first to wring fame out of ghoulish theater. Pioneer shock rockers Alice Cooper and Kiss made millions daring audiences to share the humor behind their fright masks. But Manson's act is shorn of all humor. What's left is lurid spectacle that conveys little meaning beyond its shock value...