Word: smaller
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...After its passage this week, the bill should land on President Clinton?s desk sometime in September, at which point either it?s going to get a lot smaller ? Clinton?s stated upper limit is $300 billion, but he?ll go higher in a pinch -- or it?s going to disappear completely. And by way of pre-negotiation negotiation, both sides will be insisting all month that that?s OK with them. "Sometimes inaction is better than wrong action," said Trent Lott on Tuesday, sounding just like White House wonk Gene Sperling did on Sunday. If no deal gets done...
...would seem from the shrieking produced last week as the Republican-run House rammed through a measure to chop taxes by $792 billion over the next decade. President Clinton called that irresponsible behavior, fiscally speaking, and espoused a much smaller, $250 billion tax cut. Then he angrily vowed to veto the huge reduction...
...ambitious construction scheme was hatched in the early '80s by local officials and organizations determined to tame the river. The plans included two major dams, at Serre-de-la-Fare and Chambonchard, and two smaller ones. The stated aim was to prevent flooding, expand irrigation and boost water flow during dry years. Opponents suspected other motives: increasing the water supply to cool four nuclear reactors along the river and boosting development in areas now subject to flooding...
...Serre-de-la-Fare dam was finally canceled in 1994, and two others are in jeopardy. One smaller dam was built, but Jean believes the ecological impact will be limited. She is now turning her attention to fighting a plan to enlarge the port of Nantes-St. Nazaire, which would destroy wetlands in the Loire estuary...
...June 7 election, on Thursday broke her silence and demanded the reins of power. Megawati had remained circumspect during the subsequent glacial vote count as backroom negotiations continued among the country?s power centers, including the military, the ruling Golkar party (which polled 22 percent) and a plethora of smaller parties. Thursday?s announcement follows indications that the military may have offered to back her in November?s electoral assembly, in exchange for making armed forces commander General Wiranto her vice president. Despite its traditional relationship with the dictator Suharto and Golkar, the military is concerned that denying Megawati...