Word: trimly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Right on the scholarly mark. Reagan's experience and intuition tell him the same things many scholars are finding from their study in the library stacks. To make Government smaller and more efficient, the presidency may need more power to trim here and discard there. To make Government more effective, the presidency may need more freedom for action before crises develop...
...happen for a while. The dollar has been falling partly because of the meeting last September of the finance ministers and central bankers of Japan, Britain, West Germany, France and the U.S. The officials agreed to help the U.S. reduce the value of its currency in an effort to trim the dangerously high American trade deficit, which hit a record $148.5 billion last year. These industrial powers, known as the Group of Five, were convinced that bringing the dollar down could help avert a trade war. At the time, the U.S. Congress was particularly incensed about America's $50 billion...
...demonstration cooking. He appreciates the efforts of French superstars like Paul Bocuse because he thinks they have given chefs a better place in society, but he is uneasy if he cannot oversee the kitchen and walk through his dining room to help guests order. When he has to trim costs, though, he usually does it in the dining room, choosing very simple flower arrangements (two or three roses in bud vases at most tables) and even allowing woebegone potted palms to remain in the garden dining room...
...House and Senate Armed Services Committees, lobbyists for weapons manufacturers are fanning out to make sure that lawmakers do not trim their pet projects from the defense budget...
...very long-term process," says Chicago Physiologist George Lesnes. St. Louis Chiropractor R. Alexander Rojas agrees but is impressed nevertheless: "There's something for everyone in this book." Pinckney's biggest fan is her mother. Now 76, with arthritis, she does two hours of Callanetics daily and looks as trim as her 46-year-old daughter. The author does an hour a week, in her book enough for most people. "I hate exercising," she groans. "It's a bore and a drag." Not like book publishing...