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There is an effort to reduce the Medicaid cuts to the beneficiaries.

There aren't $800 million worth of funding cuts that we could find, which is why we are looking at this as a revenue raiser.

When he cuts from 185 to 173, he's going to have all the fat cut off him and he's even going to look bigger against those guys. He's out-powering the guys at 189 right now. The guys at 171, they're not going to be as big as the guys he's overpowering right now.

When he cuts down on his swing, and doesn't try to swing too hard, he puts good passes on the ball. When he hits it, the ball jumps off his bat. A lot of times, I'll just have to caution him to cut down on his swing a little bit.

I absolutely hate it, but in a time of budget cuts we have to look at things that are considered luxuries. It's a non-required luxury. This is a very difficult thing to do. It's a hard decision to make, but it's got to be done.

He wasn't making the cuts he was used to making. We knew there was a chance he may not play.

I agree with the President that we're going to have to spend billions to rebuild New Orleans, but I do not agree that that money should come from savage cuts in health care, education or economic development, ... Instead, we should stand up to powerful special interests and eliminate hundreds of billions in corporate welfare.

He wants to make the tax cuts permanent that reduces income to the government while we're in war which increases expenses.. I don't know how you can have your cake and eat it to.

He didn't say enough on the permanent tax cuts and that's why the dollar is higher and (U.S.) bonds are higher.

He didn't have cuts or bruises or any blood on him, ... Then I looked at the car seat. The force that was in this crash had destroyed the car seat.

He cuts a lot of slack off me and the rest of the team. We just hope he gets well and we can get all the way to the top.

He certainly understands their concerns. The cuts are unfortunate. However, this is an issue for the university system.

He laughs and cuts up with them and picks at 'em,

(Greenspan) cut rates three times last year, but he said that the conditions that required those cuts are no longer with us. So the outside limit to what he is going to do is three hikes. My guess is that you will only end up with a couple of them, a quarter-point at the end of this month, one in August, and maybe one in October.

There are still decisions to be made on precise program cuts but the amount of the cut has already been established.

John Kerry has fought for middle-class tax relief and has proposed new middle-class tax cuts in this campaign,

Jobs cuts tend to lag the process. You've had an inventory correction (that) may be getting near the end, you still have to superimposed investment boom/bust cycle that has been taking place, and there's still a process squeeze.

Job cuts are mainly coming from manufacturers, who are still suffering. We are going to see further increases in the claimant count rate and the odds of any sort of wage inflation problem emerging are diminishing rapidly.

Job cuts are likely to continue in the telecommunications industry, which is still not able to see the light at the end of the tunnel,

It calls for making tax cuts permanent. It allows Americans to keep more of what they actually earn.

It appears that Illinois farmers pay a heavy price in the president's budget this year. His proposed budget cuts to price support programs will cost Illinois farmers about $65 million.

It also reinforces the fact that GM will have to make even more significant cuts in their own cost structure going forward.

I think you need both, ... First of all, monetary policy doesn't work instantaneously either. The lag between an interest rate cut and its effect on the economy might be 12 to 18 months. Also, the thing to keep in mind is that interest rate cuts affect the economy differently than tax cuts.

I think the European finance ministers had an opportunity on Monday to scare off bullish euro investors by threatening intervention or rate cuts to undo euro strength. They missed that opportunity.

I think the economic outlook makes tax reform, tax cuts more important than ever, ... Because it does look like the economy has slowed significantly.

I was affected in the first round of cuts that they wanted. Now it affects even more guys.

I think we did as much as we could and got out of the meet as much as we could. Most of our guys are entered in the American Short Course next weekend and it will give us a chance to get a few more cuts and go a little faster. The guys really embraced the seniors today and we have talked a lot about that and how you need to enjoy the trip along the way.

I think we have to wait until 2002 for the Fed's rate cuts to take hold and stocks generally move ahead of the economy,

I think it's very important that Americans understand... tax cuts are always popular, but about half of these tax cuts since 2001 have gone to people in my income group, the top 1 percent. I've gotten four tax cuts. They're responsible for this big structural deficit, and they're not going away, the deficits aren't.

I think we are going to have two more rate cuts and the earlier rate cuts are going to start feeding in the market.

I think to balance the budget, probably every federal department has to take cuts in my opinion.

It is now time for the government to take stock of the havoc that is being wreaked by crude cuts to key public services and to seriously think again,

It is only their insistence on tax cuts for the wealthy, to be funded by Medicare cuts or changes in the CPI, that we don't have a budget,

Later in the year, the Republicans will be back before this House seeking greater money for defense and broader tax cuts ... and when they do that, they will be seeking money from the Medicare and Social Security trust funds.

I will not cut it because me and my brother have a thing going. Whenever he cuts his, I'll cut mine off. He keeps his going, I'll keep mine going.

I think the secret of her success is that she cuts furs exactly as if she's cutting (the) fabric of her ready-to-wear collection. So she achieves that long, narrow line without sacrificing anything.

I think the week was excellent. The Fed, even though the reaction was delayed, reinvigorated the psychology of the market. It's reinforcing the belief that these interest rate cuts will be the medicine for the economy.

It is a negatively developing story. When a company cuts its dividend, that screams 'run away from this credit.

KPN is doing a lot at the fixed unit with cost cuts and introducing new services, the question is whether it's enough in this market.

People are going to be focusing on Jim Nussle's record in Congress and whether his record on budget deficits, tax cuts and Medicare cuts and Medicaid reflect Iowa's attitudes and positions on those issues. That's really what's going to decide this election, not the lieutenant governor.

People are looking for a pretty good earnings pick-up in the second half of the year. The rate cuts are certainly going to kick in.

Our guys had a tremendous first half. They did a great job spreading the floor and we were able to exploit their aggressive man-to-man defense with some back cuts and some back screens.

Our job is to make sure that the public understands the consequences of these cuts so that the people who represent them can determine whether those cuts are acceptable. ... It's going to be fairly comprehensive, fairly aggressive statewide because the stakes are so high.

Over his presidency, President Bush has made great strides to increase foreign aid, so today's announcement of cuts to core development funding is a big disappointment. Although the US is the largest donor in the world, and US assistance had been on the increase, the US still lags behind other developed countries in that our contributions are small compared to the size of our federal budget and economy.

Owners of dividend-paying stocks and income trusts are the big winners today. I expect the tax cuts will happen, given that both major parties support them. That's very positive for the market.

Overall, job cuts are down from last year and significantly lower than the record numbers we saw in 2002 and 2001, but there are still some worrisome trends,

Our backdoor cuts helped, but what I was really pleased with was our points in the paint.

Our budget maximizes the tax cuts we can afford while remaining fiscally conservative. It is an honest, balanced plan that we can live with both practically and politically.

Our community must protect basic education for its children. Today, our schools can still deliver a quality product. But with more than $15-million in tough cuts already made and more coming, that quality is at risk. To protect education, and the investment we have made in our homes and in our community, we need to pass our issue in May.

Retailers have been cutting jobs amid falling demand. Boots announced another wave of job cuts yesterday and this suggests there will be more increases in claims.

Restructuring is always positive. The problem is that the scale of job cuts doesn't match with the seriousness of the situation ... and the 120 billion yen disposal of stocks, land and other holdings is too small,

Price cuts come when you see a need in the marketplace, ... We saw a lot of momentum during the holiday at good prices.

Our position is that we want to protect community services, and there's no need to privatize or make cuts if there is no economic crisis in the city.

Our population base that's over 65 is almost double the state average. Obviously, we are particularly vulnerable to reimbursement cuts to Medicare.

Paying a royalty to someone for prepping an ebook is akin to paying the kid who cuts your grass a percentage of the purchase price when you sell your house. It makes no sense.

Steakhouses serve these big steaks. The first piece is hot, and the last piece is cold. The way I like to eat is to try three or four cuts of meat. People should actually be eating less meat, and the meat they eat should be special.

Some of the risks associated with rate cuts have dissipated for sterling. We expect rates to remain on hold as the economic picture in the U.K. stabilizes.

Some of the cuts will have to be jobs.

That cuts the amount of time researching. You no longer have to worry about who's starting, who's hurt -- all the questions that, honestly, people don't have time to follow.

My worry is that in the absence of discipline, what we will see a month from now after the initial relief bills are passed, are efforts by policy-makers of both parties and a variety of interest groups to take advantage of the disaster by arguing that all sorts of expansions in tax cuts and certain spending ... are needed,

My wife told me, with the cuts and bruises I've received around my eyes, it wasn't very intelligent not to wear a visor. My sons wear them and will continue, moving forward.

Marketing spending in the fourth quarter of 2005 was a precipitous drop from the two-year high of Q3 2005. Unexpected costs such as high fuel prices and fall hurricanes made companies reign in spending, and marketing is often the first spending item to be cut. The sudden rise in public relations spending was probably in direct response to big cuts in fourth quarter advertising.

Like it or not, the experience of the 1980s demonstrates that supply-side tax cuts are not self-financing. In my opinion, similar results can be expected from the multi-year tax cuts now on the table in Washington.

I wonder, with a couple days to go, if the ad cuts through, or if people look at it and say, 'Aren't you the guy whose ex-wife says he shouldn't be governor?

I was very pleased with that. We've been working a lot on passing and making good cuts to the ball.

I was uncomfortable with the timing, ... We were getting millions less from the federal government for Medicaid and having to search for funds to restore some of those cuts and I just did not think it was right to put a pay raise on the board that would cost tens of millions of dollars.

It focuses predominately on middle income tax cuts for education, and for child care and for savings, ... This Week.

It feels a lot different this time, ... Traditionally, you get interest rate cuts to stimulate domestic demand that is just foundering. ? But the U.S. economy doesn't need a kick in the pants right now to get it going.

I think overall there is some disenchantment with the president's tax cuts -- not themselves, but because it doesn't seem to be doing what he claims it's doing, which is to overcome the job loss and create new jobs.

It cuts your risk of becoming depressed, and if you are depressed, it helps ameliorate the symptoms,

It cuts through the middle person, ... and it might make a connection between the purchaser and artist.

It cuts into production a bit so they have to import more and that is expensive gasoline.

It cuts down on medical errors and the amount of time it takes for (family members) to come to the hospital in the event that something happens.

It cuts a deeper, faster channel through the canyon.

I think it would be difficult for Kerry to prove that the tax cuts were not effective.

I thought he won the fight. I just knew that the cuts were going to make the fight more difficult. Now, we don't have the Monty we usually see. But he showed he can go through adversity and still come out and be a world-title holder.

I think the tax cuts were too big, and I am worried about the deficit. You have to pay it back at some point.

It is downright dishonest to tell taxpayers that there will be deep, painful and meaningful cuts in spending and then deliver a budget that balloons state spending by almost $3 billion.

Management has cut staff, brought in temp workers and slashed our wages and benefits, ... We deal with extremely sick people in need of the cleanest, most sterile environment and food made to their exact nutritional needs. This is a not a fast-food type of setting. When you work in a hospital, it requires a special skill set -- we need to know our jobs or else the patients will suffer. It becomes tougher every day to encourage our dedicated co-workers to stick around, because of the lack of a contract, and the cuts to our wages and benefits.

Melanie has a chance in the 500-freestyle, if she cuts 15 seconds from her time she really has a chance.

The across-the-board cuts to all agriculture programs contained in the President's budget aren't a surprise. We dealt with that last year. But those cuts are a concern when we are still in the midst of world trade negotiations and when U.S. agriculture needs a strong bargaining hand while we seek reductions in trade barriers from other countries.

The amendment states and reflects America's true needs by saying to millions of senior citizens who do not receive adequate coverage that we are there for you, ... That's millions of senior citizens, and we help them by taking just a small nick out of the president's tax cuts -- about $158 billion.

the amount of rate cuts required to revive the economy will not be deep.

The Anthropocentic Age - the first age in which humankind is the dominant species on the planet - cuts both ways: it is up to us to destroy or save the planet. We certainly have the ability.

That was really one of the tougher cuts that we've made.

That way, you get them open shots. You try to get them cuts to the basket to where they get easy baskets. And once you get easy baskets, usually your game starts to flow from there.

I was pretty much playing paycheck to paycheck. So instead of playing to win, I was playing to make cuts and earn checks, and you can't play like that.

My budget is similar to the Penny Plan, which cuts 1 percent a year for five or six years and balances the budget.

Most of the cuts we made came out of the general fund. The other funds, for the road departments, (etc.) there is other revenue coming in for those.

Merger/acquisition activity was the second leading cause of job cuts (in January), behind cost-cutting. It will continue to be among the top job-cut reasons this year as an improving economy and increased competition force industry consolidation.

Me making the short pass, the bounce pass, throwing it up high just finding out where he likes the ball. That's what camp is about. It cuts down on turnovers once the season starts and builds his confidence.

We have offered a bold proposal on agriculture. It includes the deepest cuts in domestic subsidies and in tariffs of any proposal on the table. I can tell you that American farmers and their advocates in Congress are keenly aware that our agriculture proposal has real consequences, and would entail real reform.

(White's) shifty, he has good moves, he keeps moving, he sees the field well, he makes great cuts -- I'd love to have him.

We continue to have uncertainty because what he focused on didn't really help the market draw inferences about what next week's move is going to be. We thought today might give us a hint, instead he focused on tax cuts and other things.

We feel good we have 46 guys we know we would dress to play the Vikings, ... We just have to see what else is out there. We've gotten about 18 of the teams' cuts right now. We're going to work (Saturday) night making sure we know everybody who's on the wire.

When it comes to serious cuts to major programs like Medicaid, the American people are not calling for leadership but magic. They want cuts with no pain.

We couldn't cut any more at the junior high level because they're already staffed as minimally as they can be. At this point, all we can do is take the cuts and deal with it the best we can.

We hope it will be the case that tax cuts will bridge the gap until hiring picks up, but that seems like a pretty precarious plan. But it's the only plan we've got.

While companies seemed to be hoarding workers post-merger or acquisition through February, it appears that this is not the case anymore. While we do not have our own merger job-cut data for March tabulated yet, we know a large number of merger-related cuts were announced.

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