Word: trimmings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...part of its efforts to curb federal spending, Congress approved a preliminary proposal earlier this summer to trim block grants by 30 percent of last year's levels. The cuts, however, must again be approved next month as part of the final budget...
Students emphasize that they use shopping period mainly to weed out classes they dislike or trim their lists of classes down to four, rather than to find classes they hadn't considered based on their descriptions in the course catalogue...
...audience erupted into whistles, cheers and catcalls, Joshua Oppenheimer '96-'97 rose from his seat in the center of the auditorium. Oppenheimer, who wore a black mini-dress with boa trim, a broad-rimmed hat and cats-eye rhinestone sunglasses, began to blow a whistle and shout above the pandemonium...
...sides reached agreement, however, only by avoiding discussions on the contentious issue of benefits reductions. Union members raised an uproar last year after the University announced unilaterally that it would cut health benefits in order to trim costs...
...bowling ball, proudly and appropriately perched atop the city's new $47.5 million National Bowling Stadium. Three years in construction, the Taj Mahal of tenpins opened in February. Its 80 lanes, under a 42-ft. ceiling, are wider than a football field; it has mauve banquettes, purple and green trim and permanent seating for 1,100 spectators. Scoring is fully automatic and displayed on the world's longest rigid, backlit video screen. Every aspect of the operation is overseen from a computerized command center on the fifth level. From there, high above the bowling floor, executive director Reg Pearson looks...