Word: shrinkly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...question that we instinctively shrink from. And our incapacity to account for the power that undeniable resides in this music leaves room for cynicism and the logic of the market. Mozart the man is today an inscrutable phenomenon and, as such, we have no reason to assume a priori that his music is good, that his long-dismissed serious operas deserve another look...
...almost feel that people are slighting me, or not taking me seriously, when they call me "Jon," as if they are thinking they can get away with anything less than the real McCoy. "Jon" is the bare minimum--the shortest abbreviation of my name those butchers could possibly shrink it to and still get my attention...
Staying in first place this year won't be easy. The Commerce Department said last week that exports in January fell for the third month in a row. While the trade deficit for the month did shrink to $5.77 billion from $6 billion in December, that was largely because of fewer imports. To no one's surprise, the biggest trade imbalance in January was with Japan. But to thwart any hard feelings, Tokyo said it would lower the maximum number of autos it can sell annually in the U.S. by 28%, from 2.3 million to 1.65 million...
...plays no role in approving individual projects in the series, which was created expressly as a forum for independent, out-of-the-mainstream filmmakers. "It's not that we're out looking for controversy," says P.O.V. executive producer Marc Weiss. "But if we're going to shrink from it, then we might as well put P.O.V. out of business altogether...
...also far costlier. The 22,000-strong Cambodia enterprise carries a price tag of $1.9 billion over 15 months. In Yugoslavia, where hostilities continue to flare despite a formal cease-fire, the 14,000 troops begin with a one-year budget of $600 million, which is more likely to shrink than grow. But the commitment to protect Serbian enclaves in three war-ravaged areas of Croatia is open-ended, to allow for extensions in the negotiations being conducted by the European Community in Brussels. These two operations alone will cost more than three times the amount that the U.N. spent...