Word: shrink
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Which departments will have to stop holding sherries and which student bodies will have to shrink remains to be seen, but the intent of Rosovsky's letter is to cause a general tightening of belts...
...also faced rising resentment from his officers over the presence of Soviet advisers. Moreover, as Arab frustration grew over the unresolved "no war, no peace" situation with Israel, Sadat had an unfortunate habit of promising action but never delivering. His "year of decision," 1971, passed uneventfully. "We do not shrink from any sacrifice," he declared last year when he shuffled his Cabinet and made himself Premier as well as President, but nothing happened. "The battle is now inevitable," he promised last spring, but hardly anyone believed...
...father-son squabbling continued; in 1972 the Genesco board trimmed Franklin Jarman's authority by giving his father "added management responsibilities," but company troubles mounted and Franklin was restored to full command. Last week the younger Jarman displayed his authority by announcing that he would shrink the size of the company that Maxey built...
...runner for its 1976 nomination. Though Connally's staff insists that his key speaking engagements were set before Agnew's problems became known and that he is thus not using the Vice President's political wounds to his own advantage, Connally is clearly not about to shrink from the possibility of taking over the party's powerful conservative wing...
...government and named himself Premier and Military Governor General in addition to President and Commander in Chief of the armed forces. He visited front-line posts in uniform and was photographed peering through field glasses at Israeli fortifications. "We believe in our destiny," said Sadat. "We do not shrink from any sacrifice...