Word: flinch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...flat tax. As for that one, he acknowledges it would generate less government revenue, which could mean either a higher deficit or even heavier spending cuts in such places as Medicare. Voters may end up liking the flat tax the way they like budget cutting, which makes them flinch when the blade gets close...
...chip, and will store its games on high-capacity, plug-in cartridges instead of CD-ROM discs. Nintendo says this will enable it to offer both a lower-cost system and the blistering speed demanded by its target market: adolescent boys who like the fast-paced "twitch and flinch" action games...
...viewers/listeners to reassemble images and change tempo and mood, customizing tracks to their own tastes. One of Gabriel's upcoming projects, Eve, will allow users to remix sampled sounds while creating their own screen environment from images provided by four collaborating visual artists. While some in the arts might flinch at the notion of forfeiting control of their work, Gabriel champions the idea. ``The point is to put people inside the work of artists in such a way that they can explore it and eventually become artists themselves,'' he says. ``The CD-ROM is the first practical, tangible step
...double-bluff approach has worked precisely because Europeans, along with Americans, flinch at the thought of risking a single one of their soldiers in confronting such an ugly, inscrutable and remote enemy. The allies have all sought to dodge the question and posture. Margaret Thatcher was one Briton who would probably have asked for support and perhaps...
When the trial began in Athens in 1991, Awad was flown to Greece on a military plane and housed on a U.S. military base in Crete. Despite the dangers implied by such heavy security, Awad did not flinch. His detailed testimony about Rashid helped put the terrorist away for 18 years. For his pains, Awad was told his reward would be delayed until after he testified again during Rashid's appeal. Even after that, the check was withheld for another eight months while government departments bickered over the amount. State officials backed the FBI's recommendation for a $1 million...