Word: prune
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...source of party strength over the years, but lately internecine squabbling has paralyzed the institution. Suzuki held on to power by saying, and doing, virtually nothing. Finally, when faced with such growing problems as a rising budget deficit, Western displeasure with Japanese trade surpluses and the need to prune a mushrooming government bureaucracy, Suzuki announced in October that he would resign as soon as a successor could be named...
...implying that they will step down if the inquiry reveals any Israeli complicity. But neither appeared ready to give up easily. At an acrimonious, closed-door session of the Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Begin bristled at an opposition demand that he resign. Shouted the embattled Prune Minister: "Who should resign? I, with 50% of public opinion thinking I am the best man for the job, or [Opposition Labor Party Leader Shimon] Peres, who has the trust of a full...
...islands. Many Labor M.P.s have been claiming that the Thatcher government misread Argentina's intention to invade. The other investigation will focus on the British Defense Ministry's censorship of information from the South Atlantic. Other questions are bound to arise, including Britain's decision to prune its conventional navy in favor of a strategic, submarine-based nuclear strike force, and the ultimate cost of Prime Minister Thatcher's determination to defend the Falklands...
Unlike the old rich, Florida's nouveaux have no time for gardening. There are service companies to zap the crabgrass and prune the azaleas. In fact, most new Boca abodes come with preplanted gardens. One developer installed 350 royal palms on his plots. Other services take care of pools and window-washing. There are almost no live-in servants in any of the houses. Even $2 million "cottages" are as nearly maintenance-free as possible. Most new arrivals expect to walk into a readymade environment, with none of the bother of planning or decorating. Some builders, like Stephen Chefan...
...F.D.R.'s welfare state. Said Reagan: "I'm accused by some of trying to destroy Government's commitment to compassion and the needy. Does this bother me? Yes. I'm doing everything I can . . . to slow the destructive growth in taxes and spending, to prune nonessential programs so that enough resources will be left to meet the requirements of the truly needy...