Word: shrank
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...countrymen as "the architect of military cemeteries." His 35-year marriage dissolved, he remarried, enjoyed a brief period of rehabilitation and happiness, but then, after great pain, succumbed to cancer in 1981. His coldly worded will left almost everything to his second wife. In death, Yael bitterly remarks, "he shrank to a size I refused to accept." Perhaps. But this tense, embittered account has taken several more cubits from his stature...
...most implausible sequence, an American actress offers herself as the prize to the "winner" of the debate between the novelist and the journalist. Even after this conscious retreat from political complexity, Map remains lively and provocative. Yet it leaves a viewer with the sad sense that its author shrank from the dangers of attempting a genuinely great play...
...students using computers were temporarily motivated by the sheer novelty of the machines or that more effort and better teaching went into the computerized courses than were devoted to the conventional classes with which they were compared. Thus, the learning improvements that early investigators reported form computer-assisted instruction shrank to nothing when the same teacher taught both the experimental and the conventional classes with comparable amounts of preparation. Similarly, the gains achieved in computer experiments lasting less than four weeks dropped by more than two-thirds when the experiments continued beyond eight weeks and the novelty...
...Taliesin West with what she proudly called "invisible discipline." Mrs. Wright decided what they wore, what they discussed at dinner and whether they should have children. "I detested her power over others," Svetlana said. "The lady bore such a resemblance to my father's worst qualities that I shrank from...
...half ago, the usually brimming California treasury had sprung a leak. Reeling from the revenue losses caused by Proposition 13 and brutalized by the recession, California was facing a deficit of $500 million. The state took drastic measures. It cut or froze social programs across the board and shrank its work force by 4,000. Energy spending was cut back sharply. Tax loopholes were plugged. Today, with its revenues buoyed by the recovery, California expects a budget surplus of anywhere from $889 million to $1.26 billion for the fiscal year ending next June...