Word: slice
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...medical coverage under the Medicare and Medicaid programs rise from $26 billion in 1976 to $56 billion in 1981. In a desperate effort to slash expenditures and trim a projected overall budget deficit of at least $103.9 billion for the fiscal year that begins in October, Congress agreed to slice $15.2 billion off projected spending of $270 billion for the programs over the next three years...
Some of the FCC commissioners were uneasy about the new policy, which makes a slice of the broadcast spectrum available without requiring some kind of community service from the broadcasters. But in the end the seven-member body, led by Reagan-appointed Chairman Mark Fowler, acted unanimously in deciding that it was up to the public, not the commission, to determine what kind of shows should be offered. Indeed, while some new satellite broadcasters say they plan to offer the kind of programming generally available on conventional and cable TV, the satellite-to-home connection could also make the living...
...more and more companies are jockeying for a slice of Osborne's success. Last week, at the mammoth National Computer Conference in Houston, at least a dozen U.S. and foreign manufacturers were hawking portable computers that fit on the decks of pleasure boats, under airline seats, into attaché cases-even in the palm of the hand. Four of the new machines were Osborne imitations featuring built-in video, detachable typewriterlike keyboards and luggage-type carrying handles. While several models improved on the Osborne's eye-straining 5-in. screen, only one-manufactured by Non-Linear Systems...
There are no big meanings here; no big laughs, for that matter, either. Instead, there is a mild, but admirably stubborn singularity. Gregory's Girl does not offer anything as thick as slice life, just slivers of it, cut thin as smoked Scotch salmon. And tasting just as sweet . - By Richard Schickel
...nutritionist. "The idea was the reverse of body building. Instead of adding bulk and then sculpting down, I went to 157 and added on in increments of an ounce here, an ounce there." Stallone slimmed mainly on a daily diet of ten raw egg whites and a quarter slice of burnt toast-"so it would contain no water." The daily routine: two miles running, 18 rounds of sparring, two hours of weight lifting, a nap, another run and no dinner. The result: a 47-in. chest, a 29½-in. waist. Stallone managed to achieve an incredibly low body...