Word: parings
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...covered 44 million Americans at a cost of $224 billion, with states kicking in 42% of that money. During the same period, 2 million Americans lost their employer-provided health insurance. So just as more people need help, states are being forced to either limit eligibility for coverage or pare services to the absolute minimum...
...legislation's sponsors, including Sen. McCain, hail the passage as a step toward cleaning up a system polluted by big money. But not everyone is quite so optimistic; some politicos doubt whether the new laws will do much to pare political contributions, theorizing that serious donors will simply find new avenues for their cash. And others fear the changes will only reinforce the power of incumbents by drying up challengers' primary source of funding: the Republican and Democratic National Committees. And, as with every law, there are ways around...
...want to pare down the HRST radically to offer more opportunities for students,” Herrera said...
...enriching themselves like before, forcing the bottom teams to have a minimum salary will equalize wage distribution throughout the league. Teams won't be able to make the calculus before a season that since they can't win with a payroll of $45 million, they should just pare it down to $15 million and take their chances. It forces every team in the league to compete. And if your market is too small to meet this burden, then it is time to either fold up shop or move...
...warlords--the strategy may prove a spectacularly profitable act of reinvention. The firm's floundering share price nudged upward after the June announcement, and it got another boost last month, when earnings reports showed profits trebling in the first half of the year. The surge enabled De Beers to pare down its stockpile of rough diamonds--which, because the company no longer has the ability to set prices, has become a wasting asset. De Beers plans to reduce the stockpile by $1.5 billion next year--and to pump the savings into ad campaigns aimed at fostering consumer demand. The company...