The intense focus on the two basic skills is a sea change in American instructional practice, with many schools that once offered rich curriculums now systematically trimming courses like social studies, science and art.
There's almost no job advice here and the Spanish government has brutally trimmed courses for the unemployed, as well as student grants and education in general.
Mr. Bridges had prepared for homeownership by taking a tree-trimming course sponsored by the city.
But Logue says there was a lot of pressure to add a 10th course, which meant trimming all the courses to three credits.
Subsidies might be trimmed, of course, reducing demand occasionally; this is happening a bit now.
They were also helped by the organisers' last-minute decision as the remains of Hurricane Bertha finally swept across Britain to trim the course from 100 miles to 86, taking out the famous Surrey climbs of Box Hill and Leith Hill for fear of accidents on the descents.
Instead, the beltway is deep into a thickening freakout over the prospect of $500 billion-plus in defense trimming, spread, of course, over years and years, that is part of the so-called "fiscal cliff" that we're about to jump off.
Unlike American two-year M.B.A. programs, both Insead and I.M.D. offer intensive one-year courses, trimming students' costs and the time spent building a career.
Trimming those "pods," of course, would be a good start, especially considering the commercials tend to repeat themselves.
Of course, the trimming might sell for millions that could provide scholarships.
Of course, the trimming of the constructed boundary surface needs to be modified, but however, the amount of reasonably treatable configurations is greatly enhanced.
