There was, however, concerted resistance to the plans even from normally supportive states, which pared it back to 3%.
The reduced fuel bill helped to mask a steep 17percentt decline in fares for the period, which pared revenue by almost 4percenttoto 992 million euros.
Life insurance earnings fell 10percentto to $52 million from $57.5 million, hurt by the slumping equity markets, which pared demand for equity-linked products.
The reduced fuel bill helped to mask a steep 17percentt decline in fares for the period, which pared revenue by almost 4percentto to 992 million euros ($1.5 billion).
But minimalism was a hallmark of modernist theater of the mid-20th century, which pared away much that was deemed inessential to depict the human experience to its essence.
Some of Egypt's liberals, meanwhile, said they were prepared to accept the latest revisions of the military's ground rules, which pared back the military's special powers and immunities.
So Ansel Adams's precise and magical "Surf Sequences" (1940), with their calligraphic waves, hang close to Hiroshi Sugimoto's austere abstracted seascapes (1990), which pare air and water to tonality.
Most exquisite of all are the Four Songs for soprano and violin, from 1917, when he was still working on The Planets, and which pare down his lyrical invention to its bare essentials.
That is a big problem now, especially in Europe, which is paring back its commitment to green energy.
Now, they are emphasizing fiscal discipline, which means paring back service to many cities and forgoing unprofitable destinations altogether as higher fuel prices weigh on their bottom line.
Priceline, which drastically pared the scope of its business last November, reported revenue of $269.7 million for the quarter, down a shade over 14percentt from the period a year earlier.
