Word: leaner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Republican National Committee, which has been dizzyingly prosperous in the Reagan era, has suddenly fallen on leaner times. Faced with a $3 million shortfall in its $38 million annual budget, the committee last week laid off 40 of its 275 employees. Donations are down, say G.O.P. fund raisers, as a result of the Iran-contra scandal, disappointment with the Republican loss of the Senate last fall, and too many aspiring presidential candidates trolling for money from the same supporters...
Indeed, the goals of most genetic engineers are far more modest: leaner pigs, dairy cows that produce more milk, chickens that are resistant to infection and thus can be raised with fewer antibiotics. Though the Patent Office says it has about 15 applications for patents on genetically altered animals, important changes like these are probably ten years away from the farmyard. Says Wagner: "We need to breed, test and evaluate them in an agricultural setting...
...difficulties of this process were apparent in one experiment conducted at the Department of Agriculture's research center in Beltsville, Md. DOA scientists tried to produce a leaner pig by endowing it with a human-growth- hormone gene. The resulting animal indeed had less fat, but it suffered from some unexpected physical problems, including crossed eyes and arthritis...
Such a spectacle was tough to follow, but Lemonheads' leaner, more straightforward attack held its own. Lemonheads cross catchy pop melodies with premium-fueled rockabilly riffs of the type Billy Zoom used to spew out with X. Although their simpler and more familiar sound suffered a bit in comparison with Bullet Lavolta's complexity, Lemonheads came across live as a pop bard with serious balls. A particular delight was "I Don't Wanna," an infectious single which could easily be played on WBCN but which never gave the impression of sucking up to the mainstream (for more on Lemonheads...
Political consultant Michael Goldman said yesterday the bill does contain "other projects that are a little questionable in nature." He said that Massachusetts received a leaner portion than many other states, as its funding provides mostly for necessary repairs on the highway system...