Individual charitable contributions to these nonprofits cannot prevent a death of a thousand cuts from government budget woes.

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Plaid Cymru media spokesperson Alun Ffred Jones said newspapers in Wales were being "subjected to death by a thousand cuts".

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So, it seems, Mr Bush is trying to reach the goal of a consumption tax not through fundamental tax reform, but simply by a thousand cuts on the taxes on capital.

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"We are talking about a death by a thousand cuts, " he said, calling for an amnesty to bring the full extent of past doping in the sport into the open, and to provide a new start for cycling.

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Since then the company, founded by Andrew Mason three and a half years ago, looks to be suffering the death of a thousand cuts paper cuts, that is, from class actions around the terms of its deals, state regulator cease-and-desist letters around its marketing of alcohol and the me-too business plans of 425 competitors that have flooded the marketplace.

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It was death by a thousand paper cuts.

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France Telecom's new boss, Thierry Breton, has said seven and a half of the thirteen thousand job cuts will be in France, the remainder at its overseas businesses.

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