If you want to become thin, you should cut back on the betweenmeal snacks.

The government has said it will have to cut back on certain programs to make up for lost revenues due to the recession.

The most popular food choice among U.S restaurant patrons in 1995 was hamburgers, despite trends to cut back on beef consumption.

This is something I have long suspected, as I have found there is no more effective way to get someone to cut back on their TV viewing than to put them front and center on a TV show.


The Wall Street Journal reports that an activist's TV commercial urging viewers to cut back on Christmas materialism by participating in "Buy Nothing Day" has been rejected by the major broadcast networks (it has been accepted by CNN).

The government cut back on its famed social programs and laid off 45,000 (14%) of its federal employees.

If you're buying a company knowing that somewhere down the line you'll want to sell it, the argument goes, you'll shortchange research and development, cut back on long-term investment and sell off slow-performing parts of the business in an effort to make the company look better in the present.

It also means the deal's effect on the overcapacity problem will be negligible, unless you believe Daimler is going to cut back on production of its E-class sedans because it's also making the Dodge Neon.

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In order to qualify though, reports the Wall Street Journal , tobacco manufacturers would have to meet targets for reducing underage smoking and cut back on outdoor and cartoon advertising.

" Meanwhile, Mario's wife, Deb, refuses to cut down on her work at the factory because she knows it means Mario will cut back on the home front.

She is so weak from dieting and compulsive exercising that the show's producers have cut back on her screen time, says the publication.

The Journal 's "Work Week" column reports that according to a survey done by the Cross pen company, two-thirds of executives say e-mail has cut back on their need for meetings.

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