Word: surplus
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...George Bush, shrinking government revenues isn't something you want to see just after you got Congress to pass a $1.3 trillion tax cut. During the budget debate, Democrats howled loud and long that the budget surplus projections W. was using to justify his tax cut were flaky. The tax revenues wouldn't pan out, particularly if the economy soured, they argued. With the economy now worsening and the revenue projections dropping, Democrats plan to remind the White House of this "all the time," says a senior aide with the House Democratic leadership. "It's a big problem for Republicans...
...really going to start basing social policy on the assumption that a few embryonic cells equal a human being? If so, restricting research on discarded embryos is an odd place to start. Why not restrict fertility clinics, which routinely produce more embryos than they need and destroy the surplus? To pursue the gruesome Holocaust analogy, it's like outlawing the lampshades while ignoring the gas chambers. And yet President Bush is not searching for compromise on the issue of fertility clinics because there is no such issue. The Roman Catholic Church and others are publicly opposed to high-tech fertilization...
...industry and baseball; the other dropped out of college and laid oil pipes out West. Neither speaks too much, preferring action to words. Hobbies? Fly-fishing, with little talking; walking on the ranch. An energy crisis? Drill for more oil. A teaching failure? Test 'em. A surplus? Give it back to the people...
...China. That didn't sit well with new Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who promptly canceled the order. The Army ended up paying China for 600,000 berets it won't be distributing to the troops. Luckily for burgeoning fashionistas, the extras will likely be sold in Army surplus stores...
Like VCE, Byrne has found a niche, as manufacturers routinely overproduce by 5% to 10%, a figure that naturally rises during a downturn. Nearly all his surplus items are produced in such small numbers that neither chain stores like WalMart nor catalogs will touch them. The only place such dribs and drabs can go is online...