A timid attempt at reform unveiled on August 23rd involves cutting 13 non-violent crimes from the list of 68 offences punishable by death.

8月23日，一个涉及到从68项死刑犯罪清单里除掉13项非暴力犯罪的低调的变革被人们发掘出来。

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Bartz shook things up early on, shedding non-core businesses, cutting costs, streamlining operations and deciding to outsource part of its Internet search operations to Microsoft.

巴茨刚上任时放了“三把火”，砍掉了一些非核心业务，削减了成本，简化了业务运作，并决定将部分互联网搜索业务外包给微软。

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America has generally been more liberal; and, with the state and non-profit colleges cutting back, the for-profit sector has been doing startlingly well.

通常，美国都更加自由，随着州立大学和非盈利大学的减少，盈利部门的表现惊人的出色。

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But it's good that companies are looking at what is core and what is non-core - and are cutting out the non-core businesses.

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Possible solutions include diverting patients to "alternative care settings" and cutting non-emergency calls to 999.

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And again, this is -- all has to be done in the context of a budget which is cutting non-security spending to its lowest levels by 2015 since the Eisenhower administration.

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