Although cuts and grazes are not usually very serious, they can be quite painful.

尽管割伤和擦伤一般并无大碍，却会很疼。

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As leaders ponder this prospect - and wade into nasty debates about pension cuts, incentives to have children and immigration expansion - some experts tell us not to worry.

在领导者考虑这种前景、并积极参与有关削减养老金、鼓励生育和扩大移民的烦人争论之际，一些专家告诉我们无须担心。

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And despite cuts to state early childhood funding, public preschool and kindergarten programs in Chicago have not been slashed for next year, she said.

尽管在早期教育上的经费削减，芝加哥的公立学校和幼儿园明年的经费并没有减少。她说。

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He responded to a complaint about cuts in jobs and salaries for California teachers by urging people not to expect "something for nothing" from their government."

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Activists are also encouraging IMF and World Bank leaders not to link new funds to austerity measures normally prescribed for borrowers, like cuts in public spending and an increase in interest rates.

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Democrats generally do not like and do not support cuts in entitlement programs, and yet this President put forward difficult reforms in entitlement programs because he believes that you have to have a balanced approach, you have to include entitlement reform in any effort to reduce our deficit and bring down our -- reduce our debt.

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Republicans say the president still proposes too much spending and not enough tax cuts.

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And you get into the issues of cheating and following the rules and not taking short cuts.

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