Word: cutbacks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cutbacks in federal student aid programs over the past six years have amplified this problem, Fitzsimmons says. "What we start to see is a trend that has disturbed me. I think many economically disadvantaged students hear about some cutback in aid and they start thinking about not coming to college...
...long-term economic plan (1978-84), and has yet to produce a new one. Both of the last two grain harvests have been substandard, and the daily grain ration in Pyongyang was recently reduced by 14%. Although the exact cause of last week's events remains murky, the forced cutback in such a staple certainly carried the potential for creating trouble...
...somewhat understanding. Nonetheless, the announcement from General Motors last week sent a powerful shudder of concern through the Midwestern Rustbelt. GM Chairman Roger Smith said that starting next year the giant automaker will begin the largest pruning operation in its 78-year history. As the first stage in that cutback, GM will shut down ten of its plants and partly close another, in Michigan, Illinois, Missouri and Ohio, dismissing no fewer than 29,000 workers over a three-year period. GM billed the action as part of a $10 billion "construction and modernization program" designed to create a "trimmer...
...minute speech Monday, Reagan mentioned his original proposal for a mutual 50 percent cutback in strategic bombers, submarines and missiles...
...billion), CBS has since embarked on a painful cost-cutting campaign. The Broadcast Group last month announced that it was eliminating 700 jobs, more than 8% of its work force. The cuts included 90 positions in the news division, where 125 jobs had already been lost in a cutback last fall...