Word: shrinkly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...threat is likely to be contained by two factors -- Israel's reverence for democracy and its highly effective security forces. Once the Knesset votes to uphold the plan, only a few zealots would try to destroy it. And Rabin, a man with a deserved reputation for toughness, will not shrink from arresting violent subversives. "One should never forget that Israel is still a state, a people and a democracy," Peres warns. "Just as we defend our land and secure our people, we will protect our freedom. At the point where fear begins, democracy is finished...
Defense Secretary Les Aspin unveiled a five-year plan to cut back on military spending and personnel. Troop numbers would shrink from 1.7 million to 1.4 million, and "Star Wars" spending would be cut from $39 billion to $18 billion. The U.S. would continue its strategy of remaining prepared to fight two regional wars nearly simultaneously, Aspin said. The Pentagon also acknowledged that it intended to purchase unnecessary weapons in order to keep production lines running...
Daddy Dearest, a slightly smarter sitcom about a psychiatrist whose father moves in with him, might be termed Transitional Fox. Casting angst-ridden comic Richard Lewis as the shrink is the sign of a show aiming for a more adult level of relationship comedy. But pairing him with Don Rickles (who barges into his son's group-therapy session to shout racial insults at everybody) puts us squarely back on the Fox buzz...
These taxpayers, who earn a total of $66,000, not only use their personal exemptions but also itemize deductions to shrink their taxable income. The result is the same under both the House and Senate bills. Their federal income taxes of $7,245 will be unchanged. Their energy-tax bill, currently $124 a year, will go up $73 under the Senate bill and $170 in the House plan...
They don't meet cute. As a matter of fact, they don't meet at all until the end of the movie. She hears him on a radio shrink's call-in program, into which he's been plugged by his eight-year-old son Jonah (Ross Malinger), who thinks it's time for Dad to get a life. Lots of other women respond to him too. Rue is a good emotional color for him, and he wears it well -- with a manliness that avoids self-pity and promises loyalty to anyone who wins his heart...