The government announced in 2010 it would reduce defence spending by about 8%, slashing the size of the army by 20%, to 82,000, and hoping to increase the size of the reserves by more than 10,000 to 30,000.
Though the facility had multiple other violations, the agency responsible for overseeing lab animal welfare in the United States gave it a "good faith reduction," slashing the size of its fine by 25%.
By slashing the price of toothpaste, it wins markets.
By 2003, using deficits strategically to slash the size of government was widely considered to be party doctrine among Republicans.
She did it by running on a promise to slash the size of government and to never, ever, pass new taxes.
On one side: the Tea Party insurgents of 2010, led by Sarah Palin, Jim DeMint, and the like, whose stated goal is to slash the size of the federal government, roll back the welfare state, and remake the nation's capital.
The teams slashed the size of the Army, which is currently shrinking to 490,000, by another 70,000 to 140,000 soldiers.
Facing weak investor demand, a New Jersey agency slashed the size of a debt sale this week to $1.1 billion from $1.8 billion, by nearly 40percentt, according to the WSJ.
In 1988, with building already started, the Conservative government slashed the size of the project.
