Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is asking his senior managers to help trim the United Nations' next spending plan by 3 percent.
How does the maker of Oreo cookies, Velveeta cheese, Tombstone Pizza and Oscar Mayer wieners actually help trim waistlines?
Some say restoring high-end tax rates to levels similar to those in the Clinton administration will help trim the deficit with minimal effect on the economy.
Leasing provides a steady stream of revenue that can help trim annual deficits, as opposed to the one-off debt-reducing pop that comes from a sale.
Without stronger domestic demand in Japan and Europe to help trim the deficit, the dollar will have to take more of the strain.
The 12 percent reduction in the Finnish company's global work force will help trim operating costs by €1 billion, or $1.47 billion, a 17 percent reduction, by the end of 2012.
It was the first time our boys had ever seen a working farm, and they were thrilled to help trim potato onions before walking the fields.
Although Mr Bush is not yet ready to contemplate a binding international treaty that would limit greenhouse-gas emissions, he does advocate policies that could help trim America's emissions.
The health care reform bill would help trim the deficit, he said, by taxing the so-called Cadillac health insurance plans and by providing more preventive care for more Americans.
In Washington, the Senate majority leader, Bill Frist, Republican of Tennessee, and a Republican task force are working on a federal initiative, including tax credits, to help trim the number of people without insurance.
But a last section of open water must be crossed head on into the wind and waves – a frantic paddle with Emily jammed as far into the bows as she can make it to help trim the canoe.
