John Bush, vice-president of Gillette's research and development, likens the reduced drag to cutting down a tree with an axe rather than a wedge.

ECONOMIST: Skinned alive

The company hopes that drastic cost cutting and a restructuring will drag the steelmaker back into the black.

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Viduka nearly doubled the lead soon after, skipping past two defenders and cutting in from the right only to drag his shot wide of Boaz Myhill's right-hand post.

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Higher government spending is consequently a drag on the economy, and cutting that spending is a boost to growth and prosperity.

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The smaller, but growing, school argues not only that Keynesian deficit spending has reached its limits but also that a serious effort at cutting deficits would boost confidence and thus counter the drag on demand from lower government spending.

ECONOMIST: Tightening economic policy

On the bustling main drag, Broughton Street, Urban Outfitters is joined by cutting-edge boutiques.

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Suppose, for example, that in the autumn of last year, when there were fears that global financial turmoil would drag the American economy into recession, policymakers had responded by cutting taxes rather than interest rates.

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