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Inspector Robert J. Giannelli said the department used several strategies to try to reduce the number of attacks.

State officials said they would continue to try to reduce the number of jobs MetLife plans to eliminate in Hartford when it purchases Travelers Life and Annuity.

Yesterday, Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Safir also announced a new initiative to try to reduce the number of hate crimes in the city.

While Wales changed their approach at half-time to try to reduce the number of set pieces, England grew more tactically sluggish as the game went on.

The game, begun Nov. 1, is the latest tactic to try to reduce the number of weapons in this former Yugoslav republic, where ethnic Albanian rebels and Macedonian security forces narrowly averted civil war in 2001 and peace remains tentative.

C4 Auto Plants to Be Idled DaimlerChrysler and Ford said they would idle some North American plants next week as the automakers try to reduce the number of unsold cars and trucks.

Most countries try to reduce the number to less than 5percentt.

"We are trying to reduce the number of suspensions and expulsions here," she said.

The California State University system is similarly trying to reduce the number of unprepared students, now some 60percentt.

Many also tried to reduce the number of plane trips they went on each year.

Mr. Bethune, of Continental, concurred with the strategy of trying to reduce the number of low-fare passengers.