Word: dime
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cuts on that scale cannot be carried out by any nickel-and-dime process. The U.S. will have to reassess its commitments around the world, rethinking basic military strategy and the weapons systems needed to carry it out. The $300 billion budget for fiscal 1989, now in Senate-House conference, gives only a mild taste of what is ahead. To get within those limits, Carlucci will, among other things, retire a Poseidon ballistic-missile submarine, two Air Force wings (total: 144 planes) and 620 Army helicopters, and scale back the proposed number of men and women in uniform...
...levels from simple arithmetic to algebra, are not all that tough. A typical base-level question: Which of these numbers is closest to 30? 20, 28, 34 or 40? A top-level question asks: Suppose you have ten coins and have at least one each of a quarter, a dime, a nickel and a penny. What is the least amount of money you could have? Kids who cannot handle such penny-ante stuff are undoubtedly in deep trouble...
GRAHAM PARKER: THE MONA LISA'S SISTER (RCA). New tunes as tough and tender as a dime novel. Parker hasn't released an album since 1985, but this one makes up for a lot of lost time...
...Puttnam had a good idea when he took over Columbia Pictures in 1986. He would match Hollywood actors with daring directors from Britain, Europe and the U.S. independent bloc. The films that emerged from this cultural Marshall Plan in reverse might not be better than the usual teenpix and dime-novel dramas, but they ought to be more exciting...
...using a standard bicycle chain to transmit pedal power to the 11-ft. propeller. In addition, Aeronautical Engineer Mark Drela designed an extra-thin wing that provides 30% more aerodynamic lift than stumpier conventional wings. The team chose a strong, lightweight graphite compound to mold the plane's hollow, dime-thick spine...