Word: shrinkly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cold war is over, so why is there so much saber rattling in Britain? When Defense Secretary Tom King announced last week that the British army will be reduced to its smallest fighting strength since 1830, the military reacted with anguished cries. The number of troops will shrink more than 40,000, to about 116,000, and the British Army of the Rhine will be halved. Twenty-two cavalry and infantry regiments -- many in existence for centuries -- will be forced to merge with old rivals...
...both for strategic reasons and to gain a cash infusion. But the $11 billion in debt that Time Warner assumed in the merger left the company in a weakened position to negotiate such deals. With qualms about the stock offer now laid to rest and the debt due to shrink 25%, the grand alliances may finally be within reach...
...state religion. Yet Cort typifies a new and healthier attitude toward dieting that is gradually taking hold in the American psyche. More men and women are trading in wispy dreams for a solid reality. They are picking up their forks, forsaking the latest diet fads and deciding to shrink their expectations more than their bodies...
...angry debate between the Pentagon, which wants to reduce the number of standby soldiers, and the weekend warriors' supporters in Congress. The dispute has become acrimonious because the Guard, the reserves and the regular armed forces are all fighting for a share of a defense budget that will shrink 20% during the next four years. The Guard's defenders accuse the Department of Defense of having kept the Guard and reserves out of the fray so that regular units could get more than a fair share of future appropriations. "The Pentagon took the position that they simply weren't going...
What better candidate than his newfound shrink? Leo seems to have everything, most especially an ego as massive as Bob's is minuscule. Looks like he ought to have plenty to spare for a destitute patient...