Word: slim
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...million middle-aged women facing a murky life-cycle transition are, if nothing else, a major book market. Gail Sheehy's slim and chatty menopause book, The Silent Passage (Random House; $16), has been on the best-seller list for 20 weeks. Now comes Germaine Greer's dense, angry meditation, The Change: Women, Aging and the Menopause (Knopf; $24). The two books deserve credit for making menopause a word that can be uttered in mixed company, but you don't have to be perimenopausal to experience a full range of symptoms as you work through these books, from hot flashes...
...anyway, the president's plan hasn't got a chance of becoming reality. Congress has said repeatedly that it will never pass a voucher plan, and even with perhaps 120 new members, the chances of passage remain slim. American schoolchildren, their schools worsening by the month, are desperately in need of action...
...afraid to take your list of questions to the interview. It shows that you are well organized and it will eliminate the possiblity of forgetting a question. With a list of ten questions the chances are slim that the interviewer will answer all your questions in the course of the general interview...
Casey Siemaszko, who portrays the tyrannical rancher's son Curly, contrasts well with John Terry in the part of the generous foreman Slim; their antagonism symbolizes the power differences between the haves and have-nots. Sherilyn Fenn's performance as Curly's wife subtly allowing her more sympathy and greater development as the sole woman in the story. Here, Sinise modernizes the original, transforming the role of the wife Jezebel into a modern-day victim of circumstance...
Casey Siemaszko, who portrays the tyrannical rancher's son Curly, contrasts well with John Terry in the part of the generous foreman Slim; their antagonism symbolizes the power differences between the haves and have-nots. Sherilyn Fenn's performance as Curly's wife subtly alters the book's version of the character, allowing her more sympathy and greater development as the sole woman in the story. Here, Sinise modernizes the original, transforming the role of the wife Jezebel into a modern-day victim of circumstance...