The food tastes better—it's fresher and organic—and the garden handily fulfills its original purpose: cost cutting.

食物味道更好——更新鲜、更有机——菜园也轻松地实现了它最初的目的：削减成本。

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Cost cutting lay-offs in the 1980s reduced the professional and managerial ranks leaving fewer people to get the job done.

20世纪80年代削减成本的裁员减少了专业人员和管理层的人数，留下更少能完成工作的人。

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The retail giant said the poor financial performance this year has pushed it to begin implementing $400 million in cost-cutting measures.

零售巨头说，今年糟糕的财务表现促使它开始实施4亿美元的成本削减措施。

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On Wednesday, Chrysler members of the United Auto Workers approved cost cutting measures.

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But Mr.Obama's critics point out that the $100 million in cost cutting is miniscule - just a tiny fraction of one percent of the federal budget deficit.

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On Wednesday, thousands of public employees in Greece held a strike to protest cost-cutting measures.

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Voter preference for cost cutting over tax raising was pronounced in two other questions.

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First, most cost cutting is easily matched by competitors, thus offering little or no competitive advantage.

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As appealing as cost cutting sounds, it can't improve returns except within the shortest time frame.

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