Word: shrift
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Texas who don't get loans from NCNB, the giant Southern bank, sometimes say the initials stand for "No Cash for No Body." The gripes grew even louder last month, when NCNB and C&S/Sovran said they would merge to form the third largest U.S. bank. Critics predicted short shrift for the poor and struggling. But last week the new giant, NationsBank, promised to lend $10 billion during the next decade in a community-development program that will encompass nine states. Goals include the financing of affordable housing and consumer loans for workers "left on the sidelines of economic progress...
California politicians are planning to move up their state's primary date from June to March in an attempt to muscle in on the kingmaking power Iowa and New Hampshire enjoy during presidential-election years. An early-bird contest would be likely to force Democratic candidates to give short shrift to the two smaller states so contenders could focus on California's wide-ranging constituencies and demonstrate national appeal. Willie Brown, Democratic speaker of the California assembly, hopes to schedule the primary on the first Tuesday in March, which would position it just a week before the "Super Tuesday" group...
Finally, we hope that Bush can find the time to address the domestic crises that have received short shrift over the last six months. We're not out of the recession yet. We still don't have an energy policy. Our schools are still falling apart. We still have a mindboggling budget deficit...
...press is catching flak from all sides. While many Americans charge that the media coverage has been too critical, a small but vocal minority argue that the press has passively accepted the Pentagon line and has given short shrift to views opposing the war. A caller on CBS's America Tonight contended that antiwar views are being censored by the media. "If you listen to the radio shows, you'll find people being cut off on a regular basis," he said...
...President's plan gives a boost to oil exploration -- and short shrift to conservation. -- The White House unveils a budget for tight times...