Word: cut
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...number of people needing this kind of help may be about to shoot up, goes this argument. That's because the time limit set by the 1996 act will soon kick in. It requires that those who have received benefits for five years be cut off from welfare for the rest of their lives. The act allows states to exempt as many as 20% of cases from the five-year limit--but that may not be enough to cover a state's entire hardest-to-place population...
...stop smiling it gives the wrong impression") to create an air of bleakness not unlike the vast empty expanse on the album cover. This slips into pretentiousness at times, such as in the final song "S.Y.M.M." ("South Yorkshire Mass Murderer"), but on the whole the Manics have cut a gloriously anthemic album...
...good gauge of your love for a new CD is how long it takes you to get from first cut to last. By that standard, and from this angle, Kim Richey's third album, Glimmer, is a winner: we kept pushing the replay button on so many songs that it was only the prod of journalistic responsibility that got us to the end of the album in time to write about it. This is a country voice--as singer and songwriter--worth spending time with; a mind worth creeping into and curling up in for an extended stay...
...polyunsaturated fats. Also, a study at Penn State found that a diet rich in peanuts and peanut butter significantly lowers total and low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol. In addition, large population studies now show that eating peanuts, other nuts and peanut butter five or more times a week can cut the risk of heart disease as much as 50%. JEFF JOHNSON, PRESIDENT Peanut Institute Albany...
...FIGHT Though much of the nation was in the grip of a heat wave last week, the fever, aches and pain of the flu season will be here in no time. And so will relief. The FDA has approved Relenza, an inhaled anti-influenza drug that can cut the duration of symptoms by one to two days. Relenza, unlike other flu fighters, works against both type A and type B strains. Patients must start taking it soon after feeling ill and then twice daily for five days...