Word: trimming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...high pedestal and works off her postperformance nervous energy by go-go dancing. Cornelia, all smiles, steps off the stage to be kissed and congratulated by her mother and brother, by Roberto, by Fashion Photographer Francesco Scavullo, by one of her agents and by half a dozen trim, middle-aged men in business suits who have been buzzing around...
Vastly more important, Jobs has been instrumental in selling hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of Americans on the new technology. He insisted that the Apple II be what the jargon calls "user friendly." He wanted it light and trim, well designed in muted colors, and today pushes his engineers hard to make machines that will not frighten away a skittish and skeptical clientele. The Jobs sales skills will be hard pressed in the months to come. In mid-January, Apple will introduce Lisa, a new model that the company has been working on full-time for four years and that...
Whatever modest steps Congress takes to trim Social Security spending, the budget deficit is likely to remain huge for many years to come. As part of the tax-cut legislation passed in 1981, federal income tax brackets will be subject to indexing starting in 1985. Indexing will automatically adjust the brackets to keep taxpayers from paying a higher percentage of their income simply because of inflation. But that will hold down revenues and help perpetuate the deficit dilemma. Given Congress's reluctance to make necessary cuts in spending and Reagan's determination to boost defense outlays, Schultze, Heller...
AUSTRALIA. This nation is suffering a bout of stagflation. Said Board Member Drysdale: "Policymakers are bewildered if not downright rattled by what is happening." Hefty wage demands by Australian workers have fueled inflation, now running at a rate of more than 11.5%. To trim costs, companies have slashed their payrolls, and unemployment has swelled to 7.8%, the highest level in half a century. To make matters worse, Australia's southern and eastern states are enduring their fiercest drought in 40 years...
...part of his program, he has to give. Now that he has a House that's adverse, there have to be negotiations." Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker feels compromise will be especially important on the defense budget. Says he: "There certainly will be a major effort to trim defense spending, and it will be cut more than the Administration wants...