Soon afterward, the Federal government drastically cut down its expenditures for this purpose and later abolished them, causing a sharp drop in the number of nursery schools in operation.

很快，联邦政府就彻底地切断了用于此类目的的开销，后来直接取消了这项开支，这导致了营业中的托儿所数量锐减。

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But generally, when sales and profits drop, wages aren't cut, even in firms undergoing layoffs.

但是，一般来说当销售和利润下降的时候，即使去裁员也不能降薪。

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Even so, the plan appears to treat second-lienholders better than investors in the main mortgage, because the formerare not required to cut principal when first-lien balances drop.

即便如此，这向计划显现的对抵押贷款持有者的待遇要好于拥有主要按揭贷款的投资者，因为当优先抵押差额减少时，前者不需要削减本金。

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Kenneth Feinberg, the Treasury official leading the pay review, says the executives' salaries will be cut by as much as 90 percent, and their average total compensation will drop by about half, starting in November.

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Also, if the earnings drop, they don't want to suddenly do a crash cut in their dividends either, so they're always sluggishly adjusting toward the target payout rate.

同样,如果收益下降,他们不想匆忙的把股利降下来,所以他们总是慢慢的,朝着目标股利发放率靠近

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