With his neat mustache and well-cut jackets, Khazaee looks like the very model of an earnest diplomat.
Fashionista.com editor Abby Gardner has always appreciated a well-cut asymmetrical dress, but the be-sequined everything that ran rampant in 2009 took some getting used to, she admitted.
So in terms of measures that are helping fuel economic activity and growth, he fought very hard for and achieved, as part of the tax cut compromise in December, extension of uninsurance -- unemployed benefits -- unemployment benefits and obviously the middle-class tax cut, as well as the payroll tax cut -- the payroll tax holiday.
With its release of the Xbox gaming system Nov. 15, Microsoft is treading on a well-worn path cut by others who have come before, midnight launches and all.
While other attempts are planned to block the hole, it is probable that oil will continue to pour from it for another couple of months, until relief wells are drilled to intersect and reduce the pressure in the currently flowing well and cut-off the leakage of perhaps 50 million barrels of oil contained there by the injection of concrete deep into the seabed.
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Companies large and small, many that didn't even have e-mail a few years ago, are increasingly exploiting the Internet to reach new customers around the world fast - as well as to cut costs, shorten delivery time, and even re-engineer fundamental processes.
Price pressure encourages even well-intentioned drugmakers to cut corners.
If raising public investment increases the government's assets, it's even possible that it could lower net debt - ie cut the numerator - as well as increasing GDP. (I said it was nerdy).
For nine months the ship Transocean Discoverer Spirit used 360-degree rotating propellers to hold itself steady in the 3, 500-foot-deep water as diamond-tipped bits cut the deepest oil well ever--6.5 miles down.
The 41-year-old Lok Sabha member from Tamluk sports a crew cut and a well-groomed appearance.
Construction jobs, manufacturing jobs, first-responder jobs -- all well-paying middle-class jobs, will get cut.
The other surprise, a small presentation also at MILK Studios, was a label called Calla characterized by bold prints in geometric in neon yellow and purple. (It also smelled like a rose-filled winter garden inside, courtesy olfactory branding company 12.29.) The silk-screened slim-fit pants, cute above-the-knee dresses, and thick PVC heels worked well together with tiny T-shirt-cut tops and softly angled jackets.
Many of the non-essential services it cut turned out to be, well, non-essential.
The payroll-tax cut may well not expire in a year's time: it will be portrayed as a tax increase when unemployment is still high.
Amidst the turmoil afflicting drug firms--last week Merck cut earnings forecasts for 2009 to well below analyst forecasts--biotech copycats are appealing because they will be far more expensive than traditional generic drugs but will still be cheaper to develop than brand-new drugs.
Moscow's flexing of its muscles in the energy sector - which saw state-owned firm Gazprom temporarily cut off gas supplies to neighbouring Ukraine - as well as new rules for the foreign ownership of Russian companies and export tax rises, all have implications for BP.
For seekers of fine gemstones other than diamonds, there are some spectacular choices as well, such as an unmounted oval-cut sapphire weighing almost 40 carats.
Like sellers of books, films and music, Game has been hurt by competition from online retailers such as Amazon as well as from Britain's cut-throat supermarkets, which have started stocking a small selection of the bestselling video games, often using them as loss-leaders to entice shoppers.
But it was soon knocked back as Al Gore returned to his well-worn theme, that the Bush tax cut would benefit the wealthiest 1% above all others.
Sadly, though, the flag has seen better days, as on the return voyage well-wishers in New Zealand were allowed to cut off slivers of the cloth as mementoes.
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Palacio's acclaimed story of a boy born with a facial deformity will compete in the 5-12-year-old category against Jim Smith for his novel Barry Loser: I Am Not A Loser, Helen Peters' The Secret Hen House Theatre, as well as Rodkey's tale about cut-throat pirates.
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So a Labour-controlled Treasury was not desperately keen to shout about how these phenomenally well-heeled people exploited tax loopholes to massively cut the rate of tax they pay on their income: in many cases their tax rates were below what those on low and middling incomes typically pay.
Well-anchored inflationary expectations also allowed rates to be cut more vigorously when economies stumbled in 2001 after the stockmarket crash.
If all goes well the government might afford a voter-pleasing tax cut before the election and still hit its balanced-budget target.
Hearts were matching Celtic well in midfield but unable to fashion any clear-cut chances as the score remained deadlocked at 0-0.
Laffer-curve effects might well result from a substantial cut in the corporate tax rate, which would bring money stranded abroad back home to be taxed.
Either way, cut the cost by bringing in well-organized financial records.
The results, as well as President George Bush's dividend-tax cut, encouraged Citi to raise its payout by 75%, though it has scaled back its share-repurchase programme to pay for it.
In short, the current path is unsustainable and the only course to prevent the U.S. from following down the well-worn path of the PIIGS debacles is to cut spending, dial back the social guarantee escalations, reduce the tax burden on businesses, flatten the burden on individuals, and live within our means.
But to allow nothing but peer-reviewed literature would not only cut the IPCC off from some relevant material, it could also help well-placed insiders to marginalise opinions they do not approve of.
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