Word: dicier
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...much dicier showdown, however, is coming this week, when the Senate takes up Clinton's plan for a quick $16 billion spending stimulus to the economy. Again it faces solid Republican opposition (though probably not a filibuster), and this time more conservative Democrats may defect. Clinton planned to get on the telephone to waverers, and his bill probably will pass in some form. But without weakening amendments? Stay tuned...
...tale underscores the difficulties of helping people who are dangerously malnourished. Starvation is a complex biological process; the more advanced it is, the dicier the treatment. During the famine in Somalia, perhaps the worst ever recorded, average food intake for adults has dwindled from a satisfactory 1,700 calories a day in 1988 to a hopelessly inadequate 200. A majority of children under the age of five have already died in some regions. "The mortality is higher than that of the Irish potato famine," says Daniel Miller of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "It's the worst...
...German parliament. The East German elections in March showed little support for Genscher's party, which may have trouble in December winning the necessary percentage of votes to stay in the Bundestag. Ironically, by laying the foundation for unification, Genscher has inadvertently made his political survival a good deal dicier...