Over ti me it has steadily reduced the ranks of its short-term contractors and pressured its suppliers to decrease prices.

随着时间的推移它已逐渐减少了短期承包商行列，并迫使其供应商降低价格。

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While increasing the prices of bad foods makes kids skinnier, a more effective solution might be finding ways to decrease the price of foods that are good for you.

当坏食品不断涨价使孩子们瘦骨嶙峋时，一个更有效的降低食品价格的解决方法也许对你会有用。

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In 2004, a one-third decrease in the alcohol tax led to a significant drop in the prices of alcoholic beverages in Finland. As a result, total alcohol consumption in that country leapt by 10 percent.

2004年，酒税下降三分之一后，芬兰的酒价大幅缩水，该国酒类消费量陡增10%。

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If we don't believe that increasing U.S. oil production will do much to decrease oil prices, and I think that's still the consensus, we can't simultaneously believe it is disastrous for the climate.

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The fact remains that the Fed can and does use monetary policy to increase or decrease prices (inflation) wherever and whenever it wants.

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"When we start to see a decrease in shipment prices, we'll put that directly to our customers, " she says, describing the plan as a potential opportunity to attract more customers to the store.

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