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...lefties before him. In a closed-door meeting last month, Lula warned regional PT leaders, "We can't fail in this economic situation." Lula realizes that an erstwhile socialist has to work that much harder to prove he's a market-friendly President. Revenue gaps recently forced Palocci to slash $4 billion from the $75 billion budget (Brazil's most austere in a decade), while Meirelles raised interest rates 4.5 points to 26.5% in hopes of keeping 2003 inflation to single digits. Lula won praise across the political spectrum when, instead of trying to please everyone, he postponed the purchase...
...than a minute to play in the first. While on the power play, the Catamounts were applying strong pressure to Harvard goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris and looked primed to score. In fact, the puck did cross the Harvard goal line, but the score was called off because of a slash from assistant captain Ryan Miller along the boards. It was a costly mistake, but Vermont would have other close calls over the next 40 minutes...
...worried about layoffs, like after Challenger." In New Orleans, the work force at the Lockheed Martin plant that applies the foam to the shuttles' external tanks had already fallen from 4,800 before the Challenger explosion to 2,000 now. There's concern that Columbia's death could slash the payroll even further. Things are similarly glum in Chicago at the headquarters of Boeing, the shuttle's principal contractor, where workers are still reeling from the 15,000 layoffs that followed the terrorism-related slowdown in air travel...
...phone, text-messaging, online or by visiting one of thousands of convenience stores - although the charge doubles after 10 p.m. Those who don't pay will be mailed a €120 fine. More than three outstanding penalties, and a car can be clamped or towed away. Livingstone hopes to slash by 15% the 200,000 cars that come into central London every business day. It's not inconceivable. When the historic cathedral city of Durham (pop. 81,000) implemented a similar scheme with only a €3 charge last October, traffic fell by an astounding 90% and stayed there. Durham...
...Kevin’s a great shooter and Mike can slash and play good defense,” Norman said...