The morning coat, a pared-down frock coat, though still very fitted, set the trend for smaller coats.
Indeed, for every pared-down presentation pumped out by the electronic media, an engaging narrative can be found.
Last year's Oscars ceremony was supposed to be a pared-down event because of the conflict in Iraq.
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When it came to the pared-down look, what she said or did was like a royal edict.
What has remained is most of the staff, a pared-down but still fine California wine list and some sensational food.
Since then, the trend for oversized, pared-down cashmere worn over fancy skirts, shorts or trousers has gathered apace.
This is a more realistic, pared-down "Tristan" than we've had in the past.
It envisages creating a pared-down federal legislature, with only limited powers, in which the two republics would be equally represented.
In May, Microsoft signed on to the One Child Per Laptop program, agreeing to make Windows available on the effort's pared-down machines.
He remembers the first time the orchestra performed the Eroica Symphony, with a pared-down ensemble similar in size to the one Beethoven used.
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Pared-down elegance rules at this hotel, with 14 rooms decorated in plaids, a garden duck pond and a restaurant putting a gastronomic twist on seasonal fare.
Ironically, the more pared-down cameras might be fine for older, more patient users who just need a cheap way to take pictures for websites or e-mails.
So far Stockton has kept up with pension payments while it has reneged on other debts, maintaining that it needs a strong pension plan to retain its pared-down workforce.
Last spring, however, then-Chancellor Cathie Black testified in Albany that Mr. Cuomo's pared-down budget "actually takes us backwards" and delayed the remedy sought by the Legislature in 2007.
Standard Chartered provides a full range of services in markets where it is strong and a pared-down version in countries where it has only a small share of the market.
The rooms are pared-down with monochromatic pale color schemes, high ceilings, and, in one wing (the one you want ask for a room ending in a low number), silk wall coverings.
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One likely solution: issue a pared-down version of the service, possibly one that included basic gestural controls and the ability to view conference participants sitting side by side in a virtual room.
In May, Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) signed on to the One Child Per Laptop program, agreeing to make Windows available on the effort's pared-down machines.
Among other things, it boasts a range of enhancements for netbooks and touch-based devices, including a pared-down interface and a new panel and application launcher that gives you quick access to your favorite apps.
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This somewhat forced moral structure is made up for by Ms de Loo's rich evocation of life in the Budapest ghetto and by her ability, in pared-down prose, to convey Kata's and Stefan's own confusions and anxieties.
As well as having a strong financial-services bent, boards should be pared down from the 12-16 members that are typical today, so they are less vulnerable to groupthink.
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He said pared down anti-tobacco proposals that Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) have indicated they may offer will be seen for what they are -- in the interest of big tobacco.
Yes, the Pong Indie Developer Challenge is in full swing, and Atari has pared down some 90-odd submissions to mere 15.
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Intelligence agents, law enforcement, these groups have already pared down the haystacks through intelligence-gathering.
Capello will name a provisional 30-man World Cup party on Tuesday, with that then pared down to the final 23 by 1 June ahead of England's Group C opener against the United States on 12 June.
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