• Corbi has a contract with a local helicopter company that will help his family escape if the mountain roads are cut off by damage, fire, or smoke.

    FORBES: Safe House, Los Angeles, California

  • Scottish Labour's local government spokesperson Michael McMahon said the finance secretary had made "poor choices" and that the settlement would "increase job losses, cut services and damage the economic recovery".

    BBC: Democracy Live site links

  • We can't afford to have a cut result in irreversible damage to our industrial base.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Doing in defense

  • But the Federal Reserve's bringing inflation down to a near-nonexistent level was the equivalent of a tax cut, overwhelming the damage done by those tax increases.

    FORBES: Fact And Comment

  • Now new computer-guided systems cut down on collateral damage by molding the radiation beam to the precise contours of the prostate, reducing side effects and boosting cure rates.

    FORBES: On The Cover/Top Stories

  • Instead, it was now the Tories' turn either to accept the government's agenda or to explain to voters how their plans to cut spending would not damage schools and hospitals.

    ECONOMIST: Bagehot

  • At the same time East Kalimantan, where Bayan operates, is considering plans to cap annual coal output in an effort to promote alternative energy and cut back on the damage coal mining has done to the environment.

    FORBES: Low Tuck Kwong

  • But a private company also has an obligation to generate profits for shareholders, which can lead them to cut corners in ways that damage the rights of others.

    FORBES: Jane Jacobs and the Problem of Monstrous Hybrids

  • When the Fed's chairman, Alan Greenspan, first realised that the economy was heading for the rocks in early 2001, he and his colleagues acted quickly to cut rates and minimise the damage.

    ECONOMIST: Still on amber | The

  • So the recent Republican ascendancy in the South means that any move to cut defense spending will do damage to a segment of the electorate that has only recently shifted its allegiance to the GOP.

    FORBES: Republicans Target Their Own Voters In Defense Budget Switch

  • Meanwhile, midfielder Joe Allen has had his loan at Wrexham cut short after suffering ankle ligament damage.

    BBC: Swans seek de Vries replacement

  • Such a cut might repair some of the damage done by recent government moves to Britain's attractiveness as a place to do business.

    ECONOMIST: Taxing companies

  • The phones would capture whatever happened in an accident and cut costs for insurers by letting damage claims be adjudicated quickly and accurately, without the need for extensive legal fees.

    FORBES: Businesses Need to Look Good Naked

  • And politicians in India, often cursed by their constituents for flocking to disasters to show their concern, compare rather well with a US president whose first big gesture after Katrina's damage became evident is to cut a five-week vacation short by two days to give the matter his full attention.

    BBC: NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Lessons in dealing with disaster

  • The 27-tonne tree is diseased with fungi and the owner wants it cut down as he would be liable for any damage caused should it fall.

    BBC: RELATED BBC SITES

  • Planting native shrubs in clear-cut areas, which need to remain treeless to avoid root damage to underground pipes and to give maintenance crews access, would be better than just grass, the Nature Conservancy noted.

    WSJ: Northeast drilling boom threatens forest wildlife

  • Part of the damage is done by the habit of police everywhere to cut corners and stretch their prerogatives.

    ECONOMIST: Lexington

  • And whereas a generalised pay cut might make the best workers leave, and a selective one damage morale because it is seen as unfair, firms can often lay off their least competent staff.

    ECONOMIST: Why wages do not fall in recessions

  • Because the area is remote and communications have been cut, it could be some time before there are full reports of damage or casualties at the quake's epicenter.

    WSJ: Strong Quake Hits Southeastern Iran

  • Generic competition to Topamax and Risperdal cut into sales, but strong growth from inflammatory disease treatment Remicade helped moderate the damage.

    FORBES: The Band-Aid's Appeal To A Guy Like Benjamin Graham

  • Biolase's Waterlase system uses a patented combination of water and lasers to precisely cut hard tissues (bone and teeth) and soft tissue (gums) with minimal damage to surrounding areas.

    FORBES: Biolase Smiles Again

  • Children are commonly infected through a cut, scrape or insect bite, but they can also develop impetigo without having any notable damage to the skin.

    CNN: Impetigo

  • Mayor of London Boris Johnson, who also cut short a holiday to return, was heckled by the members of the public while viewing damage in Clapham Junction on Tuesday.

    BBC: UK riots: Trouble erupts in English cities

  • The likeliest explanation is that new sanctions, designed to cut off Iran from the global financial system and bedevil its oil exports, are doing serious damage to its shipping business.

    FORBES: Iran Sanctions: A Tale of Two Fleets

  • He has raised his cut at a time of a growing medical consensus--which Moore disputes--that brain damage among newborns is only rarely the fault of doctors or hospitals.

    FORBES: Moore's Law

  • New Jersey Natural Gas cut off gas flow completely on Thursday in order to stop the fuel to these fires, but much damage was done.

    FORBES: Hurricane Sandy Shows Nuclear Is Safe

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