Word: shrank
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Israel's freedom during the war, but I believe a free family life is an even nobler cause." Life for Law? Israelis at first shrugged their shoulders at what seemed a publicity stunt, but as Barak's fast went on and his husky frame shrank, letters and telegrams began piling up at his bedside. A committee for "Freedom of Conscience" plastered towns and villages with posters. The newspapers joined in, and most agreed with Zmanim, which editorialized: "The legal situation is absurd." Ranged against repeal of the religious marriage law was the force of Israel's religious...
Inflation inhibits foreign investment in Brazil, and lessens the country's eligibility for loans or direct aid from Washington. It has also had a disastrous effect on Brazilian workers. The real wages of many workers in Rio shrank within the past five years, as beef soared from 9 cruzeiros a kilogram in 1950 to 46 today, butter from 34 to no. One of the odder symptoms of mass discontent is the mushroom growth of umbanda or espiritismo, a white-magic religious cult with elaborate African rituals. There were 75,000 registered espiri-tistas...
...pressing his hands against his belly. The Israelis searched him roughly, and one of them thrust the snout of a Tommy gun into his stomach. He made a noise like a wounded animal. Then Tryfus tried to thrust the land mine into the prisoner's hands. The Arab shrank back, and Tryfus laughed grimly. "He knows nothing," mimicked one of the policemen. "They never know anything . . . They steal and kill but when we capture them they are babies born yesterday...
Actinomycin C worked wonders against some malignant tumors in animals. Unlike its predecessor, it had no seriously poisonous side effects. Cautiously (beginning with minute doses that were slowly raised to 250 micrograms), it was given to patients suffering from cancer of the lymphatic system. In several cases, the cancers shrank in size...
...last fiscal year, ended in June, the fund handed out a whopping $138.9 million in benefits. But it took in only $130 million in per-ton royalties, despite the additional Wi a ton Lewis won from the operators last October. Result: the fund's unexpended balance shrank from $99.5 million to $92 million. The fund's outlook, as more miners retire and union-mined coal output declines, is dim. There is small hope that a royalty increase will help, since any boost will shift more coal production to non-union mines. Non-union output jumped 5% last year...