Word: shrinkly
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Foley was not the only politician negotiating with George Bush last week when the President made his dramatic turnabout. Bush was also engaged in last- minute telephone talks with Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu on a long-range program to shrink America's $50 billion annual trade gap with Japan. Bush's statement on "increased tax revenues" produced a timely bonus: it met the principal Japanese demand that the U.S. bring down the federal deficit...
...monthly allowance, which bankers will supervise. Instead of the staggering $583,000 that he spent on food, shelter and other living expenses in May, Trump will be required to limit himself to a merely stupendous $450,000 a month for the rest of 1990. His allowance will shrink to $375,000 in 1991 and a stingy...
Donald Trump is up to his neck in debt, and his bankers are getting nervous. He may have to shrink his empire to stay afloat. -- A new theme park is off to a shaky but promising start...
...many editors do not shrink from covering issues that involve racial minorities or seeking input on those questions from their black, Hispanic or Asian staffers. One difference between the roles of racial minorities and homosexuals in the news business, of course, is that the ethnic groups are highly visible, while many gays remain closeted. Another difference concerns editorial attitudes: though most news organizations have accepted the importance of racial coverage, issues of concern to gays still engender widespread discomfort...
...homeless, education or the war on drugs. States and local jurisdictions are bidding for repairs in the country's deteriorating infrastructure: roads and bridges, mass transit, pollution-abatement facilities. A good case can be made for increased foreign aid so that America's global position will not shrink along with its military...