Washington is not passing a pro-growth tax cut even though the burden on people is rising and revenues are flush.
In amalgamating the last single-battalion regiments, four infantry battalions were cut (though one survived as a new special-forces support unit).
Outmanoeuvred by Democrats and riven by internal divisions, Republicans have virtually abandoned plans for a big tax cut (though modest tinkering is still likely).
Unemployment and welfare benefits have also been cut, though not pensions.
It was cut out though, and now the Department of Energy may be holding out for more money so it can award both loan guarantees at once.
Both want to cut the corporate tax rate, though Romney would cut it more.
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Clear-cut chances, though, were not forthcoming and neither side really looked like making a breakthrough.
Republican leaders insist that spending can be cut, even though several of their own committee chairmen say this is impossible.
Instead, we should explore less unpleasant ways to cut energy use though such things as incentives for decentralizing work, promoting home-based labor, more tree planning and effective insulation.
Some states still found a way to cut back, though: since last year, two of them reduced the length of time parents could get the help they needed while job hunting.
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Certainly I don't have clear-cut answers, though I have contempt for a widespread notion - in US journalism executive suites, at least - that wholesale shedding of journalists is a sustainable business model for the long term.
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One oddity of the Challenger tally is that it purports to be a precise count (66, 414) of U.S. job cut announcements, though some of the companies in its measure, like drug giant Merck, are making the majority of cuts overseas.
City had dominated but failed to create clear-cut chances, though Richards' eventual breakthrough ensured there will be a Manchester derby in the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1926, when City beat United at Bramall Lane in Sheffield.
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When its main policymaking body met on September 24th, it decided against a further cut in interest rates (though, unusually, two members openly dissented, voting for a cut): but it held out the prospect of a reduction in borrowing costs if the economy showed further weakness.
Indeed, on several occasions the Bundesbank cut interest rates even though money growth was above target.
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Brian O'Driscoll soon made his mark though and cut through the Ospreys back-line before releasing Kearney to cross for his side's second-try.
Though Pellegrino cut her nails that night, plenty more amateurish blunders followed.
France wants to cut taxes, even though the European Commission, which monitors countries' compliance, thinks it may break fiscal limits in 2003.
And though it cut a handful of jobs right after the merger, headcount has increased by more than 500 people with sales and manufacturing expertise.
's expensive Vytorin had no benefit on the buildup of artery plaque over the older drug Zocor, even though Vytorin cut bad cholesterol 40% more.
Thousands of terminally-ill people have begun receiving letters warning them their benefits could be cut in April even though Parliament has yet to approve the changes.
In a potentially damaging result, a long-delayed study showed Merck and Schering-Plough's expensive Vytorin had no benefit on the buildup of artery plaque over the older drug Zocor, even though Vytorin cut bad cholesterol 40% more.
It falls to him to say that in the current tepid economy, France simply can't afford to cut taxes (even though they are among the highest in the world), build up its military and still reduce its deficit by 0.5%, as the Eurozone's rigid stability pact requires it to do.
Bank of America has said it needs fewer people to work through problem mortgages, though it has cut jobs in other areas.
Though the tax cut will reduce receipts in the short term, retaining the old betting tax would have been far worse as bets were fleeing offshore.
Though seldom actually cut, wages are often being held down.
Bill Ford adopted a back-to-basics strategy that included cutting 21, 000 jobs and idling a handful of factories, though he later cut a deal with union leaders to give two plants a reprieve.
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Andrea Rubinsky , 17, said she did not feel any worse for using the Internet, even though she had cut the time she logs on from up to 15 hours a week to just three.
What we won't do, though, is cut investments that will lead to real growth and real prosperity over the long term -- investments that will make a difference in the lives of this generation and future generations.
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