Word: cutbacks
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...back on high school visits has been on the table for some time now, said Fitzsimmons. He said that these visits are only sparsely attended and attracting promising applicants in this setting is “the random luck of the draw.”“This [cutback] actually gives us opportunity to start recruiting in a way that we think is more competitive,” Fitzsimmons said. “Our own focus groups have increasingly made the argument that the school visit has become less and less important.” Fitzsimmons said that joint...
...sudden disappearance of some big financial companies as well as a cutback in lending activity at many banks has made it tougher and more expensive for companies to get funding. Hedge funds, too, which are having their worst year on record, have retreated from the lending business. And observers say the government's bailout plan won't change the problems companies are having getting funding anytime soon...
...Many departments also have ongoing searches for new faculty which could yield as many as 40 new professors by the end of the year, and the cutback will give FAS time to “absorb” these hires, Smith said...
...goal of the cutback, Smith said, is to create “resource headroom,” so that when academic plans are ready to be executed at the end of next school year, FAS will have greater flexibility...
...equipment," it said in a statement. As long as the equipment complies with size and weight allowances, Virgin Atlantic travelers can check their diving equipment, golf equipment, fishing equipment, hang gliders, skis, surfboards, windsurfing boards, booms and sails, bicycles, paragliders, canoes and kayaks all free of charge. One roundhouse cutback deserves another...