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"Mothballing occurs when a school's enrolment figures fall to a level that is not sustainable for the school to continue to operate, particularly when students have access to other schools in the area.
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"Mothballing school-bus fleets across the state will mean many rural, disabled and low-income students literally will have no safe way to get to school," said Tom Torlakson, the state's schools chief.
California Confronts More Cuts Vauhini Vara 2011
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Mothballing large ship assets is difficult and the rot does not stop.
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Mothballing the structure to seal it against both people and nature will prevent further destruction which would make the building more attractive to developers in the future.
Archive 2009-03-01 weakyknee 2009
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Mothballing or throttling back these plants would mean huge cost savings to the public and eliminate the need for more than 350 million tons of coal, including all 30 million tons harvested through mountain top removal.
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Mothballing a massive resort is costly and complicated.
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Mothballing of about R1,3 billion or net abandonment costs of R625 million would be incurred.
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Mothballing will begin on Friday, with the loss of around 1,600 jobs, according to the
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Mothballing threatens to end more than 150 years of iron and steel-making on Teesside with the loss, directly and indirectly, of about 3,000 jobs in a high unemployment area.
Moneycontrol Top Headlines Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com 2010
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Mothballing threatens to end more than 150 years of iron and steel-making on Teesside with the loss, directly and indirectly, of about 3,000 jobs in a high unemployment area.
Moneycontrol Top Headlines Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com 2010
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