Word: cutbacks
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...came out strong on Harvard’s first drive of the game, completing four of five passes for 30 yards. Fitzpatrick even finished the drive himself, making a nice cutback on a 3-yard touchdown run to cap a 15-play, 66-yard march...
That doesn't necessarily leave everyone around the water cooler feeling chipper. Many employees view defined-contribution plans as just another corporate cutback dressed up as employee empowerment. To some degree, they're right. Theoretically at least, companies can--by paying a fixed amount each year instead of a percentage of ever rising premiums--better predict and control the price of health care, leaving workers to pick up the rest...
While rescinding an actual offer represents the most severe cutback measure, some companies have taken other steps to save money...
...blindsided by Iraq, as Saddam Hussein prepares for a new round in his battle to end sanctions. He warned that the planned 1.5 million-barrel cut proposed for next week could send prices soaring if Iraq failed to resume production at full quota - because the impact of Iraq's cutback has not yet been felt on the world market. Yamani warned that a sharp spike would work in Iraq's favor, since it would compel oil companies to pay a 40-cents-a-barrel surcharge imposed by Baghdad in violation of the sanctions regime...