Word: leans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...idea was never seriously considered. "The R-word was absolutely forbidden," says an outside expert who attended health adviser Ira Magaziner's planning meetings. Quite shrewdly, it seems. In most opinion polls, citizens lean against rationing, even in the abstract...
When you vote for a candidate--for any office--the bills he or she supports tend to come with the package. When the candidate is a Democrat, it's a safe bet that those programs will lean a bit to the left. Those are the rules. Voters look out for their self-interests, and for their pocketbooks. Those, too, are the rules...
Soon, he starts to sing the constant refrain of the song, "Eileen, won't you lean on me." As usual, his throatiness is inexplicably high-pitched and evokes visions of a man cringing in pain. But Richards articulates clearly (it works, really) and his sentimental lyrics become surprisingly charming...
...were piled like groceries -- in perfect stacks. Ever wily, he split his operation into distinct divisions: thieves and choppers. No one but Wills knew the complete workings of the business. Still, the boss could not resist the occasional bit of brazen bravado. Detectives trailing him once saw Wills calmly lean out the window of a hot 1970 yellow Corvette to banter with a policeman...
...good instability today," a lean fellow with the quick eyes of a race-car driver says with satisfaction. He's an American hang-glider pilot named Jim Lee, and he is talking about air masses, not temperament. Instability, good to violent, is what the high desert of California's Owens Valley, near Bishop, is known for. Very hot, light air, cooking on the valley floor and over the canyons, rises at great speed in columnar thermal currents; and from upper altitudes, cold, heavy air sinks fast in compensation. You can "peg" your variometer here with no trouble...