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VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Russians Retrench as Crisis Evokes Memories of 1998 \'Nightmare'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'The government expects the economy to shrink 2.2 percent this year after expanding about 7 percent a year since 1999.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Russians Retrench as Crisis Evokes Memories of 1998 'Nightmare 2009
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Drug Companies Retrench U.K. drug maker GlaxoSmithKline said it may cut its R&D staff by 6%, or 850 jobs.
Second Thoughts 2008
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Drug Companies Retrench U.K. drug maker GlaxoSmithKline said it may cut its R&D staff by 6%, or 850 jobs.
Pregnant Pause 2008
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Why, it is only an hour since I read a cablegram in the newspapers beginning "Russia Proposes to Retrench."
Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. 1910
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Why, it is only an hour since I read a cablegram in the newspapers beginning "Russia Proposes to Retrench."
Mark Twain's Speeches Mark Twain 1872
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Retrench branches, so as to give light and ventilation to the interior of the tree.
American Woman's Home Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853
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Retrench branches, so as to give light and ventilation to the interior of the tree.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Catharine Esther Beecher 1839
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Retrench - that's economist code for, "I ain't buyin' nothin.'"
FOXNews.com Kristi Stone Hamrick 2011
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Bonds Russian Borrowers Seeking $3 Billion of Loans as European Banks Retrench OAO Gazprom GAZP are seeking about $3 billion of loans as European banks pull back from the region.
unknown title 2011
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Retrench, re-examine, and reveal your performance issues.
Newest Industry 2009
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