Word: shrinkly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have been aware for decades that very massive stars expire in huge explosions that can outshine a galaxy. But sunlike stars die with a lot less fuss; they swell, slowly frying close-in planets, then puff their outer layers into space to form enormous balls of gas. Finally, they shrink to dim, glowing embers. A quiet ending--or so everyone thought before the Hubble Space Telescope came along. New images released last week show that the process is more complex and violent than anyone believed. Supersonic jets of particles and dense clots of dust warp the glowing gas into...
...American civilization," Paxon sheepishly admits to being "a regular guy" and "not much of a big thinker." And while Gingrich is famous for his discourses on subjects such as the democratic possibilities of information technology, Paxon's whole political philosophy can be summed up in three phrases: cut taxes, shrink government and above all, elect Republicans. That Paxon doesn't have Gingrich's expansive intellectual range--or combativeness--suits many of Paxon's compatriots just fine. Republicans are winning most of the major political arguments of the day, they say; their problem is style, not substance. "Being conservative and mean...
...Class issues, rarely raised in American movies, seem about to be interestingly engaged. But no, Will's inability to find love and embrace his upscale destiny is the product of childhood abuse, the memory of which he must recover. This brings on Robin Williams as--what else?--the humanist shrink, himself a troubled soul, but, like Will, redeemable (they are both baseball lovers). Hearts sinking, we are obliged to endure much pseudo-serious gabble as we head toward another painfully predictable triumph of the human spirit. There must be some better way of hunting our--and Oscar's--goodwill...
...Matt Hale, "pontifex maximus" of the World Church of the Creator (WCC)--a "white racialist religion"--does not shrink from the word "hate." Hale is not bashful about being listed on Hatewatch...
Meanwhile, economists are slashing their projections for the region. The Goldman Sachs investment firm predicts Malaysia's growth in 1998 will slow to 4%. Investment giant Morgan Stanley foresees that growth in the beleaguered Thai economy, which from 1993 to '96 averaged 8.2% annually, will shrink 1.5% next year...