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We've taken a disciplined approach to reducing debt, improving liquidity and increasing financial flexibility. We will continue executing strategies that improve operations, strengthen our balance sheet and reduce debt.

We've talked about it but it hasn't gotten that far yet. If we needed to do something further to reduce (appliances), we might.

Unwittingly, there are numerous ways that parents contribute to sibling rivalry on a daily basis. A parent can reduce his or her stress level significantly by learning how to handle sibling relations better.

Today we are announcing a significant update on our plan to address our health-care burden, which is the cornerstone of our efforts to reduce structural costs by a $5 billion (US) run rate by the end next year.

Today's application development teams must balance a growing number of demands from both inside and outside their organization, while at the same time navigating through an increasingly complex IT environment. This conference is a great forum in which to share information and best practices that can help software development teams reduce risk and be more successful in today's complex environment. It also gives us the opportunity to gain insight from other industry leaders, analysts and those on the front lines of software development.

We have made a firm decision to join Community Speed Watch which we hope will help to reduce the speed of traffic driving down that road.

There are three, perhaps even four people who are very well known -- I'll leave it to you to guess the names -- who want to join F1, but who are currently unable to because of the costs involved. If we manage to reduce the costs, to 100 to120 million dollars, for a reasonable budget, they will come.

Wal-Mart's new commitments to increase efficiency and reduce pollution and waste are important first steps for a company that has such a profound impact on our environment. More companies should take these positive steps towards safer and healthier communities.

There is a very big difference in where the two parties will take America, ... I sometimes get distressed by our friends in the media because they try to reduce everything to gossip, scandal-mongering and cynicism that I think is profoundly false for this country's future. There is an enormous difference in the two parties. We would go two very different places.

This step would in no way reduce the importance of maximum employment as a policy goal, ... In any case, I assure this committee that if I am confirmed, I will take no precipitate steps in the direction of quantifying the definition of long-run price stability. This matter requires further study at the Federal Reserve as well as extensive discussion and consultation.

This study provides additional evidence that breast cancer may originate during the early phases of a woman's life and that eating habits during that phase may be particularly important to reduce future risk of breast cancer.

Trading can be an effective way to reduce overall emissions, but unchecked trading can create hotspots-places where the air actually gets worse instead of better, ... What we fear is that North Carolina's landmark efforts to clean our own air have excused other states from doing the same.

Traditionally latex is coagulated with sulfate acid. It smells very bad. The liquid smoke technology helps reduce the bad odor. But the liquid smoke factory was officially opened only in 2004 with a capacity of seven tons of liquid smoke a day.

The only effective way to reduce and prevent juvenile crime is to balance tough enforcement measures with targeted, effective and intervention initiatives.

The project upgrades will significantly reduce plant emissions and increase plant output, allowing Greenville Steam Company to provide significant supplies of clean and competitively priced renewable power. The Greenville investment comes at a pivotal time with increasing cost of electricity in New England as well as rising clean energy requirements in the region.

The question is, does it make sense to pour more money into a new Chevy Cavalier to reduce losses from $3,000 per vehicle to $1,000. It's probably a necessary competitive move.

Whereas today the cost to purchase commercial-grade carbon fiber is between $8 and $10 per pound, the goal is to reduce that figure to between $3 and $5 per pound.

We agreed to reduce our proposal and make improvements to the overall package recognizing the likelihood the pilot pension plan would be terminated.

We're doing what we can to help reduce our environmental footprint in the community, and we hope other companies follow the lead.

We reduce the number of singles and that provides more spaces to assign students to.

We reduce this to Bill Clinton and Ms. Lewinsky, but what is at stake here, really, is the spirit of the nation, the mood of the nation, how the world sees our nation,

We are confronting a dramatic change in our industry and in the global competitive environment, and that requires us to look for additional ways to reduce financial risk and improve our competitiveness for the long term.

We are consistently looking for tools that can save time and redundancy in our research process. For this leading-edge project, we need to deploy and integrate systems that reduce intensity of human effort and provide high quality data.

We recognize that this is not a silver bullet, but laws reduce the number of people committing certain crimes.

We recognize the importance of the cash dividend to our stockholders, and we remain committed to rewarding them for their support, ... At the same time, the current weak economic environment and the uncertain outlook are having significant industry-wide effects on revenue, negatively affecting our overall performance.  Therefore, the board believes it prudent to reduce the dividend rate for the time being.

We are looking at taking a master plan point of view down to reality. We think we can reduce that $17 million significantly.

To better serve our customers in this highly competitive retailing environment, we must concentrate on our best national brands and reduce costs so we can deliver outstanding value to shoppers, ... We believe that continuing to build Macy's and Bloomingdale's aggressively across America will accelerate our comp store sales performance and increase profitability, thereby driving shareholder value.

We promised that we would be lowering our season ticket prices and we are happy to deliver. Our entire organization is excited that we were able to reduce season ticket prices on every seat at American Airlines Center. This makes it easier for all fans to afford tickets.

The PBOC is very prudent about making any more changes to the interest rate. It is nearly impossible to reduce the rate when it already stands at such low a level.

The PC is a big durable goods item now. When the economy is slowing, people tend to reduce their spending on those kinds of things.

Whether it is to reduce our carbon-dioxide emissions or to prepare for when the coal and oil run out, we have to continue to seek out new energy sources.

We are pursuing every opportunity to reduce our costs in order to give Delta the best chance to successfully restructure.

We began working with all of you and set an objective to reduce congestion below where it is today. To say we are going to reduce congestion and accommodate growth is now actually possible.

We believe Bridges to Excellence will raise the quality of care for our members and State Health Plan members, as well as make a difference in the fight to reduce health-care costs.

We would like to begin to whittle away at lead time. Long lead times just add cost to the entire supply chain. Short lead times reduce cost. It's real simple.

We'd like to stabilize the taxpayer subsidy which you know has risen over the past ten years, ideally it would be wonderful to reduce that, but really our goal here is to stabilize that.

We were able to reduce spending through changes in the way lenders operate. But at the same time, we shielded the direct impact to students, and actually increased student opportunities.

We were able to significantly reduce weight gain. The insulin resistance was less, and the blood pressure fell.

The Defense Department is the largest consumer of oil in the federal government. We must develop our resources in the Coastal Plain to ensure we can meet our defense-related energy needs and reduce our dependence on unstable and unfriendly regimes.

The defining factor should be a supplier's ability to eliminate or reduce downtime, which is the biggest cost factor for a contractor.

The decision to reduce our city staff was wrenching. But the cold, hard truth is that we can no longer support the investment necessary to cover the city as ambitiously as we do today.

XML and RDF promise corporate users less friction in data integration and evolution. Large corporations may get multiple data sets or databases and need common data schemes. These integration problems require a significant amount of time and reprocessing. They can make for a pretty painful data fusion process. XML and RDF reduce the time it takes...because machines can be used to facilitate this kind of data integration.

We are most interested in optimizing care. But it will also reduce redundant costs.

The facts on agricultural biotechnology are clear and compelling. It is a safe and beneficial technology that is improving food security and helping to reduce poverty worldwide. We believe agricultural biotechnology products should be provided a timely, transparent and scientific review by the European Union, and that is why Canada, Argentina and the United States brought the case in the first place.

The fact that the authorities announced an early date is proof of their fear. The authorities want to reduce our chances of holding meetings.... But people see such a step by the authorities as proof of their lack of confidence.

The fact that the overall effect of reconciliation taken together was to enlarge rather than reduce the deficit undermines the credibility of anyone claiming that this was a deficit-reduction package.

The contrasts are dramatic. They involve very different views of how to deal with terrorism. President Bush will make certain that we are combating terrorism at the source, beyond our shores, so we can reduce the risk of having to confront it in the streets of New York, ... John Kerry's record of inconsistent positions on combating terrorism gives us no confidence he'll pursue such a determined course.

There are many research reports that try to compare the number of vulnerabilities between Linux and other operating systems but none take into account the severity of the issues. ... This report shows there are relatively few critical issues affecting users of Linux-based operating systems. However, we believe even one is unsatisfactory, and our strategy is to rapidly respond to fix these issues whilst innovating new technology to reduce the risk of future issues.

The real questions are: by how much, how reversible is it and what are the best means to reduce the human impacts on the climate?

We're trying to publicize this one and make people realize that the gun industry can clean up its act and can operate in a way that can reduce the likelihood of guns killing police officers and other innocent people.

We're trying to reduce family poverty. We don't want our children living in poverty.

We're trying to reduce human error as much as possible.

We're trying to reduce that and save lives.

We call on those who have the power to take measures and to reduce the potential impact of climate change on our health.

Who's paying the million bucks? The insurance company. We've been trying for years to get the insurance industry to say to the gun industry, We won't insure you unless you have policies that will reduce the likelihood of guns falling into the wrong hands easily.

With 20 years of experience under our belt, we recognize that we can reduce the burden without losing much of the data we now receive. These are very small facilities that account for a very small percentage of the releases.

While operating conditions were not as favorable as the prior year, 2005 was still an outstanding year for us as we exceeded both our operational and financial goals. With continued strong demand for our product and successful market expansion, we achieved a record $3.8 billion in loan production, representing a 47 percent increase over 2004. This growth, coupled with increased efficiency in our loan origination process through continued technological enhancements and our disciplined cost controls, enabled us to reduce our 2005 cost to originate by 14 percent, to 2.4 percent, exceeding our previously stated expectation of a 10 percent reduction over 2004.

While our 'pay-for-performance' executive compensation system is already structured to significantly reduce total compensation when our business performance and stock price are underperforming, we all agreed that this is the right step to take at this time.

We like to do about 125 blocks. But if it looks like the prices are going to stay up here we'll just have to reduce the amount overall that we do.

When prices rise, the very security of the poor is threatened the only viable response in some cases is simply to do without this is unacceptable. Renewable energy can enhance a country's energy security by reducing energy import requirements; reduce supply risks by diversifying its energy portfolio and protect precious financial resources.

When Republicans say, 'The first thing you do when you do deficit reduction is reduce rates,' it would be like Democrats saying, 'The first thing you do when you do deficit reduction is provide free Medicare at age 55.' We'd like to do that! But it won't bring the deficit down. That's for sure.

We concluded that the hedging of our coal plants, which was intended to reduce earnings volatility, actually added complexity and cost to our business.

We are working closely with medical and community partners to reduce persistent disparities, promote women's control over their reproductive choices, including access to emergency contraception, increase drug-free pregnancies, promote breastfeeding, and increase the number of infants put 'back to sleep' to reduce Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS),

We put this course on for the drivers to improve their awareness of the conditions through there and to reduce the number of crashes as a result.

We have been assessing the impact these factors have had on us, as well as on other companies, particularly in the last 30 days. We have begun to take additional actions to streamline our portfolio and reduce the cost of our operations.

We have been forced to reduce our production workforce by several thousand people.

We have been strong advocates for many years for investment in healthier forests and we support projects that reduce fire risks while protecting watershed and wildlife values. Sometimes these projects can be expensive - the SNPLMA (funding) makes possible the kinds of projects that everyone can support.

We know that older people who are light drinkers are usually healthier than their non-drinking peers. Our research suggests light drinking is a sign of good health, not necessarily its cause. Many people reduce their drinking as they get older for a variety of health reasons.

When one adds art, one can reduce the overall risk to a portfolio by 10 percent to 20 percent.

When people from organizations like the World Bank descended on Third World countries, they always tried to remove obstacles to development, to reduce economic anxiety and uncertainty.

When people switch to car-sharing from car ownership, they reduce their vehicle miles traveled by 44 percent, and thus their greenhouse gas emissions go down by, like, 40 percent.

We said at the time of the filing that we were hopeful natural gas prices would decline so that we could reduce our rate request. Indeed over the last few months we have seen such decline, resulting in our decision to amend our original request to change our going-forward rates. While we certainly would have liked to see an even larger decline in costs, this is somewhat better news for our customers and we are hopeful the downward trend will continue.

The recommended strategy is to employ 'smart' buying practices to reduce acquisition and support costs, including software asset management, and increase the use of standards-compliant software,'

This resolution is a joke, ... because the evidence shows that Pinochet is the author of the 57 homicides and 18 kidnappings and today they are looking for some way to protect him, to reduce the charges.

This will be a tremendous help for consumers. The new labels should reduce side effects associated with using the wrong medication or using too many drugs with the same active ingredient,

There is a common theme that economic fortunes look brighter in Japan and continental Europe than they do in the U.S., ... Even though higher rates should help the currency, they haven't because most people are seeing that as the Fed's move to slow the economy and reduce growth.

There have been some changes but mainly regarding the outside and aesthetics of the aquatic centre, but this would in no way reduce its technical value.

We would have a very hard time keeping up without the new machines. On one station we've been able to reduce the number of workers from six down to three.

We will continue to explore ways to reduce both mining and processing costs through increased efficiencies. We are extremely excited by the results we are seeing to date.

We will continue to look at businesses strategically (and) those that we think are underperforming businesses, we would either reduce or get out of.

We knew that Philip Morris had announced this policy ... and we wanted to assess how effective that policy is likely to be, ... What we found is although it sounds like a good policy, it is unlikely to reduce kids' exposure to tobacco advertising.

We saw an increase in aspirin use among U.S adults since 1999, with a majority of adults using aspirin to reduce the chance of a heart attack or stroke. Aspirin use among those with diabetes is also increasing to reduce the risk of cardiovascular complications. The trend is encouraging, especially in times when prevalence of other cardiovascular risk factors, such as obesity and diabetes, is increasing.

We're trying to avoid that again and by doing that we're trying to reduce the food source. As far as shuttle program is concerned, it's unacceptable if there's another chance of an accident.

We think this is an opportune time for investors to reduce exposure to U.S. equities.

We think that investors ought to use rebounds to reduce exposure to technology stocks that have declined by 40-to-50 percent or more from their recent highs, ... They should also use pullbacks or tests to increase commitments to the energy, basic industry, consumer cyclical, and financial sectors of the market.

We think that it is safe to fly as is, but we have the opportunity to change out one of the boxes and reduce the risk, so we?re taking the opportunity to do that.

We're not just looking to reduce the noise an aircraft makes but also to change the way it's flown to produce significant noise savings.

We should reduce hot money inflow. It is not right to say 'there is nothing that can be done'. State should intervene in the markets. We should accept that there are foreign exchange and monetary policy problems.

We should reduce the number of generals and admirals to maintain the ratio of one senior officer per thousand servicemen.

We should vigorously promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation on the basis of mutual trust, further reduce restrictions on export of technologies, and remove trade barriers, so as to create a fair, just, reasonable and open environment for trade,

We urge the U.S. government to use the tools at its disposal to persuade the Russian government to take concrete action to reduce piracy significantly.

We used natural light and warm colors ... to help reduce the stress for patients.

To reduce false positives, we need to understand our system.

To reduce poverty, we need growth. And to advance growth we need adequate and reliable energy supply.

To reduce the difficulty for people, we are now attesting photocopies of such documents as a temporary arrangement so that they will get enough time to get the originals attested in India.

To reduce the trade gap with Japan we need duty free market access of our leather and leather goods to the Japanese market.

To reduce the unfortunate personalization of the process in particular in the wake of the inherently divisive impeachment proceedings, the wiser course, I believe, is for another individual to head the investigation.

Too many people are moving into areas that coincide with elephant habitat. People are dying and elephants are dying. Conservation groups need to reduce the number of deaths on both sides.

We have assembled the best possible team for APKWS II. These suppliers are all leaders in their respective fields. Their expertise will help Lockheed Martin substantially reduce program cost and risk.

We have seen customers reduce 48 hour backup windows down to 10 minutes with DPM, ... With DPM, customers never have to do a full backup from the production server again; they only have to do incremental backups, which are much more efficient.