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But the most swingeing cuts were to pensions, which were slashed by as much as 55%.

These include a return of generous government fuel subsidies, which were slashed in July as a desperate austerity measure.

When a model appeared in an abbreviated, stonewashed bluejean jacket, the sleeves of which were slashed and frayed from biceps to wrist, skepticism flickered across Rosen's face.

Many on the left would concede that the high marginal rates of income tax in the 1970s which were slashed dramatically in the Thatcher and Reagan era were excessive and discouraged entrepreneurship.

The design, seen in profile, also incorporated a Buick hallmark called the "crosscheck" or "sweep spear": the crease that formed the top of the parentheses started in the rear and rose up along the door before dying beneath the side-view mirror; a second crease intersected the first one's downstroke and carried the curve out over the headlights, which were slashed across the front end.

A strong dollar and an anemic economy left the Japanese chip giants no choice but to cut back on their capital expenditure budgets, which were slashed further when the semiconductor business went through a three-yearlong downturn beginning in 1996.

"If you have to be this promotional to drive sales when you have captive traffic in the mall, what happens in January and February?" Apparel stores, which were slashing prices as the month went on, fared the best as a sector, with sales at stores open at least a year increasing 7.2 percent.

Brazil's benchmark interest rate of 12 percent — which was slashed in August from 12.5 percent — remains among the highest in the world.

16 December: Italy's highest criminal court upholds Guede's conviction and prison sentence, which was slashed to 16 years in his first appeal.

The charge against her was not blocking traffic, as it might have been, considering the size of the crowd that was attracted when she appeared in the principal street in a skirt which was slashed several inches above the knee, blue stockings showing at every step.

A little farther in is the original couch on which Maj. Henry Rathbone and his fiancée sat before he attacked the intruder after Lincoln was shot, deflecting the sweep of Booth's knife blade with his arm, which was slashed, gushing blood over everything.