Word: trimly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from ignoring it, the President last week confronted it directly with action on two fronts: 1) With his approval, the Federal Reserve Board moved to intensify the squeeze on cred it. 2) At a meeting with domestic policymakers at his Key Biscayne retreat, he reviewed efforts to trim the budget enough to produce a surplus of at least $4 billion. Earlier, the Pentagon announced some cutbacks in Viet Nam spending that might be merely budgetary -but might also be a signal to Hanoi of deescalation...
Nixon does, certainly. When he took office, he inherited a $195 billion budget with a projected surplus of $3.4 billion. But in a matter of weeks, he realized that "uncontrollable" increases in debt interest and other costs would inflate the budget to $197 billion and trim the surplus to a bare $1.7 billion. Nor did Nixon's own department heads prove very sharp with their pencils. Their recommendations totaled $1 billion more than the original Johnson budget...
...warring with General Pershing on the Mexican border. He joined the Army at 17, received a battlefield commission during World War II, and rose to captain. But with his sketchy education, further promotion was impossible. He reverted to noncom, now holds the rank of sergeant-major. Still hard and trim at 48, Kelley is in charge of re-enlistments for the Second Division Headquarters, about 20 miles north of Seoul, Korea...
...Righter does not often leave his spacious, high-columned Hollywood house near Grauman's Chinese Theater. Though his 6-ft. frame is trim, he has the colorless, puffy look of one who does not often go into the sun. Less frequent are the big splurgy parties, complete with animal when appropriate, with which he used to greet the beginning of a new zodiacal sign. For the most part, he stays home, attended by a butler ("Mr. Libra") and a cook ("Miss Virgo"), and works with four secretaries and a mathematician. "I don't like to go out," he says, "because...
...FINAL part of the Health Plan's drive on medical costs come with its elaborate plans for "outpatient" services. Since hospital care costs -- the "impatient" expenses of medical jargon -- are easily the most expensive component of medical care one good way to trim costs is to keep people out of the hospital. Coupled with the health plan's drive for prevention will be its attempt to treat its patients in the center, instead of sending them off to the modern--and costly -- hospital...