Word: swelled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...visible in it. (The Pawnee, who obviously need a p.r. consultant, are portrayed as the scourge of the prairies.) It is, as well, all too easy to see why Costner -- or any actor -- would want to direct himself in the role: all that time alone on the screen, looking swell and acting noble, in a movie that runs three self- indulgent hours...
There is even a political problem with that hope. If an invasion force composed solely of American and European troops moves against Iraq, the attack would be seen as a Western assault on the Arab nation. To prevent a ground swell of resentment from sweeping across the Islamic world, some of the blood shed by Saddam's foes will have to be that of Muslims...
...deepening shortage of skilled labor in the decades just ahead. During the next 10 years, the U.S. population and the labor force will expand more slowly than at any other time since the 1930s. The work force grew by 3 million workers a year during the 1970s, but will swell by only 1.6 million new workers a year in the coming decade. For the first time in their working lives, U.S. managers are no longer able to pick and choose among an embarrassment of labor riches, but must compete harder than ever for well-educated workers...
...Hare Krishna movement. To fit in, you need only a pink rayon robe and a long shock of hair on the back of your head, which is not a problem with my baldness pattern. They shave the rest of your head and everyone's happy. A bonus is the swell performance opportunities in front of the Coop on Saturday nights (I want the tambourine) and the "delicious 10-course vegetarian feasts" advertised on the little leaflets they hand...
...budget talks only nibble at the edges of the real deficit problem, partly because both parties agreed earlier this year to keep the S&L bailout off the books. If it were included, the red ink would swell next year from $165 billion to $230 billion. The negotiators are thus struggling to find spending cuts and tax hikes that would still fall short of covering the rising cost of the bailout. Both sides have agreed to boost taxes on alcohol, gasoline and autos priced at $30,000 and up. But such increases would go only partway toward paying for Bush...