Word: cuttingly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...over the past several months, the prices of oil, copper, palm oil and others have rallied. This shouldn't be happening given the parlous state of the world economy. The International Monetary Fund in April cut its global growth forecast for 2009, predicting GDP would contract by 1.3%, the most severe recession since the 1930s. Yet oil is some 60% more expensive now than in December. Palm oil, which is used in a wide variety of manufactured foods, has surged more than 50% this year. "The only area of the world economy I know of where the fundamentals are improving...
...stick to cutbacks on discretionary spending, it's important to do it in a way that puts you in the right frame of mind. For every dollar you cut out, you could put 50¢ in the bank and 50¢ toward buying something fun--so being thrifty morphs from denying yourself what you want into anticipating what you're going to buy. When you do buy things, use cash. Handing bills over the counter underscores what you're spending in a way that swiping a piece of plastic never will...
...book claims VAN GOGH did not cut own ear off but lost it in a knife fight. We're not sure which is more badass...
...could have predicted that Jack and I would be running mates in 1996. We didn't always agree, we ran against each other in 1988, and I was never a total convert to some of his ideas. But we agreed on a 15% across-the-board tax cut and reduced federal spending as key components of our campaign. In the end, the power of ideas, enthusiasm about the future, passion for racial equality, positivity and inclusion brought us together. Jack never claimed his ideas were flawless, but he knew that our party, to become a majority, needed new ideas...
Stanford President John L. Hennessy announced last December that top administrators, including the university’s provost and seven school deans, will take an immediate voluntary 10 percent pay cut “in light of the extraordinary pressure on the university budget...