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GM has plenty of cash to help it weather passing storms, and its repeated cost-cutting has made it lean enough to make profits even if it produces fewer cars.

通用拥有充足的资金帮助其渡过短暂的风暴，并且其一再削减成本已经使公司精简到即使汽车产量下降也能盈利。

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In passing, as a way to squelch resistance, the new owners resorted to the classy expedient of leaking juicy details about the cost-cutting operations.

顺带的，新老板们以一种高明的应急措施来抵制阻力：散播一些有关节省开支的生动有趣的细节。

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