Word: shrink
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...addition, Reagan's determination to "shrink the size of the federal government" has led him to cut programs and attempt to eliminate "fraud, waste, and abuse," Baker said...
...Where's the beef?" was America's favorite question a few years ago, but "What's the beef?" seems more appropriate now. The troubled meat industry, which has watched its market shrink as consumers turn toward lighter meals of fish and chicken, is experimenting with new breeds of beef-producing cattle that are considerably lower in fat and calories than the conventional product. These leaner beefs are beginning to find their way to market with names barely recognizable to most consumers. Nonetheless, Brae, zebu, beefalo and Chianina Lite will soon be tempting steak- and hamburger-loving Americans who want...
...patient has endometriosis, doctors look for the telltale tissue by peering into the pelvic cavity with a fiber-optic instrument called a laparoscope. After diagnosis, a number of treatments can be prescribed. One is pregnancy--if it is still feasible; the nine-month interruption of menstruation can help shrink misplaced endometrial tissue. Taking birth- control pills may also help, but more effective is a drug called danazol, a synthetic male hormone that stops ovulation and causes endometrial tissue to shrivel. But it can also produce acne, facial-hair growth, weight gain and other side effects...
...strong yen is slowing the pace of Japanese exports, but Tokyo is still feeling the pressure to shrink its swollen foreign trade surplus. Last week Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone took new steps--or perhaps half steps--to meet those international pressures by vowing to change the habits of his country's 120 million thrifty citizens. On the eve of a weekend visit to Camp David to discuss the seven-nation annual economic summit that Japan will host in May, Nakasone accepted a report by a Cabinet advisory committee that outlined ways to wean the Japanese away from an export...
That is a heavy burden for even so rich a country as Saudi Arabia, especially since its great wealth has begun to shrink. From a peak of $113 billion in 1981, Saudi oil earnings dropped to $28 billion last year. Uncertainty over petroleum prices and revenues prompted Fahd last month to take the unprecedented step of postponing approval of the country's new budget until summer. To the Saudis, accustomed to decision making by royal decree, the delay was a sign of indecision and uncertainty at the country's highest political level...