Word: retrenchement
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...Opportunity, Jon, that's what makes this country great," Bob told me. "That's what Jack Kemp is all about. He understands that America doesn't have to retrench; we have to progress. There is no limit to growth as long as we believe in our own potential and this great land of ours...
...oldest of six brothers and one sister, Anderson grows rice on 1,800 acres in Wharton and Colorado counties. That makes him a big operator, but he has had to retrench. He dropped the lease on 2,200 acres he was renting because "I was losing money on it." Anderson has let some of his field hands go, but wants to keep on a nucleus in case things get better...
...American, Scott Hamilton, went into battle at Zetra and, feeling that he "wasn't into the ice," decided to retrench, withdrawing two triple jumps from his free-skating program. He still won the gold medal, but it was not with the dominating performance with which he wanted to cap his career. The English ice-dancing couple, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, gave the Winter Olympics its first utterly flawless exhibition: nine perfect marks of 6.0 from nine judges. But Gary Beacom, a Canadian skater, became so enraged over his marks from the judges that he kicked the rinkside barrier...
...become known as Fortress Falklands at an estimated cost of $2.79 billion over the next three years, or more than $1.5 million per kelper. Despite a Gallup poll indicating that 53% of the British felt the islands were not worth keeping at such high expense, Thatcher resolutely refuses to retrench or to negotiate the future sovereignty of the islands with Argentina...
...pressures on Turner must be considerable. Like his father, he has expanded his business, taken on debt and risked all on having judged the market aright. Unlike his father, he refuses to retrench. Much of his personal property is pledged as collateral for loans, and nearly all of his worth is tied up in 87% of the Turner Broadcasting System's stock...