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Chances Dwindle on Bailout Plan for Automakers

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN 53 minutes ago

Democratic leaders calling for an aid package to help auto companies conceded that they would face potentially insurmountable opposition in Congress.

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Merriam-Webster Announces 'Bailout' As 2008 Word Of The Year
MarketWatch - USA
The 2008 Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year list is based on users' anonymous hits to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Online Thesaurus. ...

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'Bailout'
n.

A rescue from financial difficulties: corporate bailouts.

dwindle

(dwĭn'dl)
v., -dled, -dling, -dles. v.intr.

To become gradually less until little remains.

v.tr.

To cause to dwindle. See synonyms at decrease.

[Frequentative of Middle English dwinen, to waste away, from Old English dwīnan, to shrink.]