• By the federal government guaranteeing every student loan through subsidies and underwriting, there is no downward competitive pressure on reducing tuition prices as the number of entering students will increase.

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  • The idea behind it is fascial unloading - reducing pressure in the tissue below the skin.

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  • It will also help hospitals cope in the busy winter months by reducing pressure on beds and front-line staff.

    BBC: Babies to get 'gut bug vaccine'

  • The new 101 non-emergency number in Scotland is designed to simplify the way the public contact the police, while reducing pressure on the 999 system.

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  • Yet rather than work through back channels or phase in the price increases, it briefly cut off Ukraine's energy supply and began reducing pressure in transmission lines that carry supplies to western Europe.

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  • It also means reducing the pressure on our commercial electricity grid making it more reliable.

    FORBES: Recycling Wasted Heat and Power Could Clear the Air

  • Investor Leonard Riggio has liquidated most of his position, reducing selling pressure on the shares.

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  • Germany worries that reducing the pressure on weak states will lead to complacency.

    ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

  • He will also be reducing the pressure on banks to lend more sensibly.

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  • In other words, the extraction process, if done improperly, could cause sudden disruptions on the ocean floor, reducing ocean pressure rates and releasing methane gas from hydrates.

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  • Ms. Hightower said she was willing to consider the U.K.'s new model, in which government funds compensate athletes, reducing the pressure to race before the Olympic Games.

    WSJ: Menu

  • The component inhibits stinging cells from firing by interfering with several stages of their biochemical pathway, from the sensing mechanism through to reducing the pressure in the cells.

    BBC: Sting relief for summer swimmers

  • The fall in employee stock-option plans in America is reducing one pressure for buybacks, but the trend towards shorter-term investment horizons is perhaps increasing pressure from another quarter.

    ECONOMIST: Buttonwood

  • "The U.S. economy may be slowing down some, but that has the added benefit of reducing the pressure on the Fed to raise interest rates some more, " he says.

    FORBES: Sluggish U.S. Economy Shouldn't Concern G7

  • They're now building towers, like 7 South Dearborn in Chicago, with notches built into the sides every 20 stories or so, reducing wind pressure by 10% to 15%--especially important in hurricane-vulnerable New York.

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  • In America, paradoxically, the Greek crisis has, if anything, removed the pressure for deficit reduction, by reducing bond yields.

    ECONOMIST: World economy

  • But her concern is not confined to her own business - the camels put pressure on native Australian species by reducing food sources and destroying their habitats.

    BBC: Australia, home to the world's largest camel herd

  • Obama has stepped up efforts to tell the public about the cuts' negative impact and pressure Republicans who oppose his approach of reducing deficits through a combination of targeted savings and tax increases.

    NPR: Governors: Looming Cuts Threaten Economic Gains

  • Assuming the government does not bend to populist pressure and take economically hazardous steps like reducing the work week to four days, Israel's economy is likely to remain one of the country's most valuable strategic assets.

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  • As well as being coaxed into reducing leverage, the banks may face pressure to ditch some of their illiquid assets, such as mortgage-linked securities and private-equity stakes.

    ECONOMIST: The price of the Fed��s lifeline is yet to be determined

  • Second, climate change is putting pressure on organizations to cut their carbon footprint by reducing office space (high rentals also play a big part here) and wasteful business travel.

    FORBES: Connect

  • Johnson, speaking at official sponsor Orange's Rugby World Cup preview event, said England need to build consistency and concentrate on accuracy, reducing the number of mistakes and keeping pressure on the opposition.

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  • Commodities speculators reducing positions because they have been put under pressure from declining silver and gold prices.

    FORBES: Falling Oil Prices Make No Sense

  • Conservative ministers, who are committed to substantially reducing levels of net migration, are under pressure from backbenchers to say how the UK will deal with a potential influx of new arrivals.

    BBC: Airport arrivals sign

  • The risk is that this regulatory onslaught, while well-intentioned, will lead to permanently higher funding costs, crushing margins, reducing earnings and returns on equity and increasing pressure on banks to shrink their balance sheets a real problem given banks finance 80% of the European economy.

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  • An ageing population is increasing demand but public sector spending cuts are putting pressure on resources, which means councils in some areas are reducing the fees they are willing to pay.

    BBC: Call to reform adult social care funding

  • They also say that the pressure to meet national targets set by ministers - for example on reducing waiting times - is proving costly.

    BBC: Hospitals facing cash strain

  • But no American president seeking re-election can contemplate putting real pressure on Israel withholding favours at the UN, for instance, or reducing the supply of arms and aid.

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  • But with falling world prices reducing oil revenue by 40% in the past year, Libya's economy is under pressure.

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  • The Scottish Liberal Democrats could be under pressure at the polls, in the wake of controversial decisions taken by the UK government, including deficit-reducing spending cuts and backing increases for student tuition fees in England.

    BBC: Lib Dems aim to boost MSP numbers ahead of conference

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