Word: shrunk
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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SAUDI ARABIA. After decades of relying on caution and massive infusions of money to soothe restive neighbors, Riyadh's room for maneuvering has severely shrunk. King Fahd, who characterized Iraq's adventuring as the "most horrible aggression the Arab nation has known in its modern history," faced a Hobson's choice: he could go it alone, leaving his small and scattered army to answer Iraq's battle-hardened troops, or he could call in the U.S. and lay bare his ties. Courageous as Westerners find him, Fahd can hardly dispute Saddam's < charge: "The joint policy with the foreigner...
...spider horror comedy Arachnophobia. Presumed Innocent hopes to corner the serious market. Even David Lynch is invading summertime with his bizarro-world Wild at Heart. Each hopes to duplicate the surprise-hit status of last summer's When Harry Met Sally, Dead Poets Society, Parenthood and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids...
McGovern (D-Lawrence) called this provision unique, saying it ties the budget more closely to the state economy. The recent downturn in the economy has shrunk state tax collections, exacerbating a budget deficit...
...rode subways to his court appearances as a co-defendant in the Imelda Marcos trial, and his billions have shrunk to mere millions, if that. But after acquittal, the Saudi financier rose from the ashes and flew to Houston to announce formation of a new oil venture. Its name? Phoenix...
That was an artful dodge. The question pertained not to any current debate going on in Germany but to a dilemma that could arise years from now. By then the U.S.S.R. may have shrunk and changed its name, but it will doubtless still be a large country armed with far too many weapons of mass destruction for the comfort of its neighbors...