The transition could mean the company wasn't making as many calls to delinquent debtors, reducing its ability to collect on those accounts.
The cuts would delay IRS responses to taxpayer letters and force the agency to complete fewer tax return reviews, reducing its ability to detect and prevent fraud.
Moreover, the intensification of financial market turmoil is likely to exert additional restraint on spending, partly by further reducing the ability of households and businesses to obtain credit.
This also could lead to the consistent and dynamic participation of broader Muslim communities in rejecting violence, reducing the ability of radicals to capitalize on passive community support.
But by reducing the ability of fiscal policy to respond to developments in the economy, such constraints could put an excessive burden on monetary policy to prevent economies from either overheating or diving into recession.
Warming temperatures could be reducing the amphibians' ability to mount a successful immune response to the fungus.
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Though this may be consistent with Mr Clinton's avowed aim of reducing Serbia's ability to attack Kosovo's civilians, it is not impressive.
This left Russia's Soyuz capsules as the only means of transportation to and from the space station, reducing Russia's ability to sell seats on its rockets.
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Birds have been found with the substance congealed on their feathers, reducing their waterproof coating and ability to stay warm and afloat at sea.
Reducing the EU budget would cripple our ability to invest in areas such as research and development or efforts to tackle climate change or harm our energy security.
This will give manufacturers the ability to dramatically increase capacity while reducing unit costs.
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These responses distort the functioning of the economy, often reducing potential growth and the economy's ability to provide a high standard of living to all.
Most health insurers are committed to ensuring positive member outcomes while reducing healthcare costs, but many are plagued with issues that affect their ability to better understand how to achieve this.
The arguments made in the case by the infringer, EchoStar, would have the effect of reducing the certainty and thus the efficacy of patent rights by weakening the ability of the courts to define and enforce patents clearly, quickly and efficiently.
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By reducing the number of U.N. personnel on the ground, the ability of hostile forces to take hostages or to retaliate is also reduced, and capability to use air power is enhanced, according to U.N. spokesman Lt.
Their ability to hold firm reinforced the principles of delivering early and often, reducing waste, and sticking to the deadline no matter what.
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