Word: shrink
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Middle Atlantic: The armies of office and service workers are in no danger of idleness, but manufacturing payrolls are starting to shrink. A general nervousness is in the air. In Delaware, a prosperous white-collar state, a decline in Du Pont profits that began last year is expected to force reductions in state spending-most likely for educational television and enforcement of antidiscrimination laws. The Pennsylvania government had to extend an extra $15 million in aid to Philadelphia to avert a shutdown of the city's schools...
...These are the times that try men's souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph...
...debate leaves the Marines a unit in search of a mission, but a unit nonetheless. A 1952 law guarantees the Marines three combat divisions and three aircraft wings, and though Marine strength will shrink from its March 1969 level of 317,400 to below 200,000 as part of the general military cutback, the Corps itself will doubtless survive. Having fought heroically in some of the nation's fiercest battles, it has won the admiration of a vast number of Americans as well as powerful friends in Congress. Even if the U.S. in fact ceases to be "the world...
...Columbia, Capitol and such relatively new companies as General Recorded Tape and International Tape Cartridge. Ampex officials concede that their market share has recently dropped to about 35%-some rivals put it closer to 30%-and is likely to shrink further, perhaps to 25%. Though they think that such a share would be enough to keep sales rising because of anticipated market growth, they are not complacent about the prospect...
...Perversion: We've been called "perverts" enough to be suspect of any usage of the word. Still many of us shrink from the idea of certain kinds of sex: with animals, sado/masochism. dirty sex (involving piss or shit). Right off, even before we take the time to learn any more, there are some things to get straight...