Word: skimp
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...about colon cancer? Current evidence suggests you take a multivitamin that contains 400 micrograms of folic acid, don't smoke, avoid eating red meat more than five times a week and get plenty of exercise. Whatever you do, don't use the Nurses' Health Study as an excuse to skimp on fruits and vegetables. The rest of your body may never forgive...
...Starship Troopers, which on first glance seems like as dumb a blockbuster as they come. The premise of the film is to corral a truly mind-boggling number of Aaron Spelling bit players into playing futuristic action heroes fighting giant insects on the planet Klendathu. The movie doesn't skimp on the gunfire or the chomping, stomping Bug Things, which of course are its major selling points...
...from the need to practice defensive medicine, free to do the best as they see it for their patients? Or will HMO patients find themselves in long lines for short visits, confronting bureaucratic "gatekeepers" who shunt them to a small number of overworked doctors who are paid extra to skimp on tests and operations...
Richard does have his shortcomings, chief among them his utter inability to beat around the bush. If a teacher is doing a bad job, Richard will say so flat out and not skimp on the details. He'll do the same for transfer students who come from colleges where bad writing gets good grades. Criticism of one's teaching or writing is never easy to take, but it is dished out as fairly in Expos as one is likely to get anywhere else. Richard's language is rich in metaphor and he has a host of stories that he uses...
...gets, certain programs should remain off-limits from Faculty shears. The need-blind admissions policy--which recently has been threatened at other Ivy League colleges--cannot be touched. We firmly believe that a Harvard education should be available to everyone regardless of financial need. Likewise, the Faculty shouldn't skimp on beefing up a security program that is still inadequate. In the past, administrators have tried to curtail funds for the shuttle bus and have declined to from other areas. No fiscal concerns should jeopardize students' safety...