Word: shortener
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...family's health insurance covers almost all expenses. But Wanglie refuses to permit the demise of his spouse, who, according to him, believed firmly that only God should make such a determination. "She told me that if anything happened to her, she didn't want anything done to shorten her life," says Wanglie, 86. "I promised her I would respect that...
...clear by now that if the men of Harvard had wanted to do the very most they could to help shorten the war, they should have been drafted or imprisoned en masse...
...change. Japan faces a huge labor shortage, and companies cannot ignore the female labor pool. Eager to ease the tight market, the Labor Ministry recently developed a training program specifically for women who want to return to work. At the same time, the government is urging men to shorten their work hours and cultivate outside interests in order to improve the quality of their lives...
Some other proposed changes seem more promising, at least on paper. Last year Republican Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico introduced a bill to shorten the ordeal. It would require the President to submit a two-year spending plan, instead of the current annual one, and to substitute a joint budget committee for the present House and Senate units, which often disagree. Most important, it would convert the budget outline Congress is supposed to produce in April to a joint resolution requiring the President's signature. That would foster serious early bargaining between the White House and Capitol Hill...
...Reagan and George Bush -- and enshrined in Executive Order 12333, issued in 1981 and still in effect. Within the Executive Branch, that order has the full force of law. So the U.S. government could not legally kill Saddam Hussein, even if the dictator's death would stave off or shorten a Middle East...