Sentences with phrase «painful cuts in»

But western European nations, especially France, wanted to see the U.S. make painful cuts in its use of energy rather than permit the purchase of unused emission permits from Russia.

States and districts with large unfunded liabilities are now scrambling to find the dollars to pay up, resulting in painful cuts in other areas, including salary reductions for current teachers.

Smart Money published June 29, 2009 Consumer Action by Lisa Scherzer School may be out for the summer, but across the country school boards are now wrestling with mammoth budget shortfalls that will require painful cuts in the upcoming year.

Pricing outside of this range involves a painful cut in royalties.

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Its a great way to get in front of people quickly and cut through the long painful process of cold calling.

Government has passed painful austerity measures — tax hikes and cuts to benefits, salaries and pensions — to reduce state debt and strengthen confidences in its finances.

Even after painful cuts, budget gaps in those two states alone total nearly $ 4 billion.

Puerto Rico has been mired in a painful recession since 2006 and has repeatedly cut budgets for education, shutting down schools and sparking a wave of migration to the U.S..

Markets have been gripped by uncertainty since Greece's prime minister unexpectedly announced Monday that he would call a national vote on the European bailout plan that entails painful tax increases and drastic welfare cuts in exchange for massive aid to keep his debt - ridden nation solvent.

The knife wielding masked man slowly cut through the neck of the victim as if to take in the joy of causing slow and painful death.

With reports on the thriving economy, the low taxes, the manageable deficit, the ability to make painful budget cuts — things are so good in Texas that even some California lawmakers want to learn the secrets to Perry's management of Lone Star success.

The Connor family may hurl cutting insults in rapid succession, but you see the painful consequences of those comments, too.

Both were brutally forced to the ground where they struggled, terrified as they were trussed with rope over a period of many minutes until tightly bound, they had their throats cut by inexperienced slaughterers resulting in long, painful deaths.

In fact, Inger had considered changing coaches, but if firing Quarrie was painful, this would cut even deeper.

Tennessee finally made the move to cut ties after settling into the SEC East basement at 4 — 6 overall and 0 — 6 in - conference, but as far back as early October there seemed to be no way back for Jones, who entered the season with one of the conference's warmest seats and saw its temperature rise with each uniquely painful loss to a conference foe.

There was a bite to United's play, exemplified in painful fashion for Galaxy defender Tommy Meyer when Rooney's stray arm left him with a cut under the eye which brought a swift apology from the forward.

Here are some of the most common reasons: Teething: You may have been through many teething stages before now, but around this age, your toddler's canine teeth will be cutting through and these can be the most painful of all and cause pain in the night causes them to wake up.

Your little one can knick her own skin with those super-sharp nails, which can result in painful cuts and scrapes.

«I think in terms of this job, there's tons of very, very painful life lessons that come at you really quickly, but what I think it has shown me... [is that] cancer cuts across all sorts of demographics and socioeconomic groups and is relentless, and so I think that was life lesson number one.»

The deep - and presumably painful - cut on the bridge of his nose first appeared as the foreign secretary took his place on the Government front bench for Theresa May's Brexit statement in the Commons on Monday.

Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said Cuomo made a «naked political deal» with hospitals on malpractice to get their support for a painful 2 - percent cut in Medicaid reimbursement.

Accordingly, they decisively favour a description of Plan A: «borrowing more will make matters worse... we have to bring the debt and the deficit under control even if it has some painful effects for the economy in the short term» over Plan B: «the government's spending cuts and tax rises are hurting the economy.

Labour politicians and Labour - friendly commentators have convinced themselves that the new - look Tories are fakes: that, like old - look Thatcherites, they are slavering at the thought of making savage cuts in spending; and that Labour in opposition will reap a rich harvest of disillusioned Tory voters without having to engage in painful rethinking of its own.

Liverpool, where local councillors are on the verge of a mass mental breakdown at the prospect of having to defend the cuts, is a painful case in point.

But after Horner accused Cuomo of cutting a «naked political deal» with hospitals to cap non-economic damages in medical malpractice suits to get their support for a painful 2 - percent cut in Medicaid reimbursement, the administration is singing an entirely different tune.

We have seen hospitals consolidate; not - for - profits go extended periods without regular reimbursements, and we have been forced to make painful cuts to our assistance for our most vulnerable, all while closing more than $ 42 billion in deficit over the last two years.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has his work cut out for him in this election year - and the coming cuts will be painful.

Paying for them, however, has added to the pressure on NCI's budget, which has required painful cuts across NCI that have hit especially hard in the intramural program.

high - fibre diets produce more methane gas in the large intestine than the low - fibre diet, suggesting that painful gut gas retention could be avoided by cutting back on high - fibre food

The science community will be relieved by this settlement, but we know that even 10 % real terms cuts will be painful, will need reversing as soon as the fiscal position improves, and we must watch out for the impact of any cuts in capital spending or in R&D budgets across Government.

It may be possible to tap into this altruism simply by reminding people in positions of power — from chefs to politicians — of the painful consequences of their decision to cut corners.

Painful blockages of arteries in the legs — called peripheral arterial obstructive disease, or PAOD — are less familiar than the ones that cut off blood flow to the heart, but they can be just as dangerous.

Not only does this aid in relieving the pain of cuts and scrapes, it also makes castor oil ideal for lubricating the painful and cracking joints of arthritis or other musculoskeletal conditions.

Imagine being able to prep for a show in 6 - 8 weeks at any time of the year, without having to go on a painful cut that results in a loss of months to years of progress in mass and strength gains?

I repeatedly torture myself by seeking out my perfect sleeved specimen; it has to be just the right shape, in the right colour or print, with a skirt that will actually hit me below the knee, and most importantly (and often not the case) with sleeves that will comfortably fit my large upper arms without making me want to cut them off after a couple hours of strained movement or painful digging and pinching.

In a few programs, however, the effect has been real and painful as the government has begun cutting $ 85 billion from its spending through the end of September.

As a public school teacher in a state experiencing painful budget cuts, I want to send teachers a message that they can create a blended learning model using web 2.0 technology that is readily available and, in many cases, free.

From San Diego to Baltimore, districts are being forced to make painful budget cuts as political and economic forces converge into one of the deepest school fiscal crises in decades.

Even with $ 200 million in additional state funding this year and another $ 200 million in «painful» cuts, Chicago Public Schools began the academic year projecting an operating deficit of more than $ 1 billion.

After years of painful budget cuts, new revenues will begin to flow to California school districts in 2014.

Although it contained cuts that were painful to make and difficult for school districts and communities across the state to face, the bipartisan budget passed and signed into law in October did take steps in the direction of more equitable education funding for Connecticut's nearly 540,000 public school students.

It's like cutting off The Ride of the Valkyries in mid-battle cry — deflating, almost painful.

Solfugids are non-venomous, but their oversized mandibles (technically called chelicera) are capable of cutting through feathers and thin bones, and, as such, can deliver an incredibly painful bite, so much so that for centuries they were held to be potentially lethal in the public mind.

If the groomer is not gentle enough, or if there is a problem with the dog's feet that you are unaware of (like a foxtail in the skin between toes), the process of doing a poodle feet cut can be painful.

Answer by § arah Definitely not — it's totally not worth the struggle of trying to find a vet that will perform the cropping, it would be painful for your pooch, it's super expensive, the cropped ears may get infected or have an adverse reaction to the tape, scarring could occur, it's a colossal pain in the... * ahem *... to re-bandage the ears... actually there are like a thousand reasons why you don't need to have his or her ears cut, but most importantly you sound like you would prefer not to have the cropping done anyways.

This could be from a prior bad experience in which the nails were cut too short (which is painful) or simply from a lack of exposure to such handling.

If you cut in the quick it is very painful.

Cutting into the quick during nail trimming is painful for your pet and will result in bleeding.

I could talk about the painful voice acting, the singularly cringe - worthy cut - scenes, the innumerable graphics glitches, or the moments in the game where you die for no apparent reason (especially in the snowboarding level, which is a particularly low point in gameplay terms as it even manages to feature checkpoints that you can miss by a whisker and then continue playing, only to be plonked right back at the start of the level when you inevitably die by running into a pile of rocks that you couldn't see because the camera was pointed the wrong way).

One of the first things most players did during [i] EWatLO [/ i] was to turn off the voices in the cut scenes (you were stuck with the in - battle sound clips either way) because of a horrible echoing that slipped through quality control and made the voices painful to hear.