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(Click for frequent words.) 63 belt tightening 53 Cutbacks 51 Shrinking budgets 50 Tighter budgets 50 downsizing 50 Declining enrollment 49 Hiring freezes 49 cutbacks 48 layoffs furloughs 48 Wage freezes 48 hiring freezes 47 Austerity measures 47 hiring freeze 47 budgets 46 Overspending 46 pinching pennies 46 layoffs 46 Declining enrollments 45 Furloughs 45 Downsizing 45 Layoffs 45 penny pinching 45 budget 44 Unfunded mandates 44 Scrimping 44 Tuition hikes 44 Penny pinching 44 layoffs unpaid furloughs 44 Soaring loonie 44 Layoffs loom 44 Layoffs furloughs 44 cash strapped 43 Budgetary constraints 43 economic downturn 43 budgetary shortfalls 43 tighten purse strings 43 Salary freezes 43 pinch pennies 43 Unpaid furloughs 43 overspending 43 budgetary 43 downsize 43 buget 43 salary freezes 42 belt tightening measures 42 Dwindling enrollment 42 Chronic underfunding 42 retrench 42 tightening purse strings 42 Bankruptcies skyrocketed 42 bloated bureaucracies 42 Overbuilding 41 retrenchment 41 Unseasonable weather 41 retrenching 41 budgetary pressures 41 rightsizing 41 Brownouts 41 budget shortfall 41 cutback 41 newfound frugality 41 Mumps outbreak 41 Overregulation 41 nonsalary 41 Discretionary spending 41 economizing 41 overspends 41 Financially strapped 41 trimming payrolls 40 stretched thin 40 Cash strapped 40 budget shortfalls 40 Trimming 40 furloughs 40 payless paydays 40 Wasteful spending 40 downsizing rightsizing 40 mandatory furloughs 40 Austerity 40 Hectic schedules 40 Pink slips 40 predecessor Kurt Hellstroem 40 economize 40 vacancies unfilled 40 Pinching pennies 40 overstaffed 40 Sticker shock 40 tightened purse strings 40 imposing unpaid furloughs 40 Consolidation 40 Absenteeism 40 Redundancies 39 Oona Rokyta felt 39 mandatory unpaid furloughs 39 frugality 39 Stagnant wages 39 restaffing 39 recession 39 Recession 39 lay offs 39 partisan skirmishing 39 bureaucratic snarls 39 Mancession 39 costcutting 39 fiscal 39 Recessionary fears 39 consolidation 39 heavier workloads 39 overborrowing 39 loosening purse strings 39 cuts 39 overspend 38 ill conceived divisive 38 Overcrowded jails 38 Baggage fees 38 Calmer weather 38 rightsize 38 thinly staffed 38 enacting tort reform 38 furloughing 38 budgeters 38 reprioritizing 38 discretionary spending 38 spending 38 Gloom deepens 38 leaner staffs 38 credit crunch 38 Scorching heat 38 budgetwise 38 recesssion 38 Furloughing 38 slash 38 understaff 38 Traditionally mortgage servicers 38 Drastic 38 austerity 38 Profligate spending 38 Slackening 38 Retrenchments 38 Budget 38 bloated bureaucracy 38 Whooping cough outbreak 38 postholiday 38 owner Dyke Messinger 38 Textbook rental 38 budgetary restraints 38 Hectic lifestyles 38 budgetary constraints 37 lengthening dole queues 37 Slashing 37 Steep discounts 37 ecomony 37 Growing pains 37 Recession battered 37 cutting 37 budgeting 37 Condo conversions 37 Portion sizes 37 overstaffing 37 Crowding 37 Bracket creep 37 Legalized pot 37 slowdown 37 Understaffing 37 Stagnating 37 swine flu outbreak 37 furloughed 37 dreary sameness 37 MUSH sector 37 Budgets 37 finances 37 Midyear 37 Overly generous 37 telecommuting compressed workweeks 37 downturn 37 Budgeting 37 Retrenchment 37 Retrenching 37 Bajpe tabletop runway 37 Unseasonably warm weather 37 Tighter 37 Jim Schowalter 37 Clipping coupons 37 Shuttering 37 overexpansion 37 Portion distortion 37 Great Recession 37 colleges SUCs 37 Per pupil 37 unfilled positions 37 reorg 37 bloated inventories 37 revitalizing downtowns 37 woefully understaffed 37 bureaucratic bloat 37 staffing 37 Afghanistan Weiermann 37 Rolling blackouts 37 Kerik inherits 36 Unimpressed environmentalists called 36 Swingeing cuts 36 Li reminded Debrowski 36 tuition hikes 36 BUDGET 36 refilling stockpiles 36 downsized 36 purse strings 36 payless payday 36 Pandemic flu 36 restock depleted inventories 36 shuttering factories 36 holdbacks 36 reprioritization 36 Fiscal prudence 36 nonrevenue generating 36 unnecessarily politicize 36 crunch 36 Stephanie Dhue reports 36 COMMUNITY COLLEGES 36 Wintry weather 36 prewar jitters 36 salaries 36 Sackings 36 Kim Jeong hwan 36 outlook darkens 36 restructuring 36 Expensing options 36 post Thanksgiving shopathon 36 Consolidations 36 MnSCU skew 36 shuttering 36 Fare hikes 36 shedding noncore 36 bottomlines 36 pare 36 ALBANY NY WIVB 36 belt cinching 36 stroke humorist Keillor 36 Changing demographics 36 headcounts 36 touchy feely sensitivities 36 Unpaid bills 36 Reductions 36 trimming 36 Sagging 36 Susan Urahn managing 36 shorter workweek 36 Dwight Dively 36 Larry Throm 36 Deflationary pressures 36 drastic cutbacks 36 homespun Floridian 36 Micromanaging 36 Dake Abel 36 Pellengahr 36 overstaff 36 Wage stagnation 36 Suburban sprawl 35 nonmandated 35 slo mo seizure 35 Lame duck sessions 35 bureaucratic inertia 35 Superintendent Tom Boasberg 35 Ric Porreca 35 Jim McMinimee 35 shakeup 35 Shrinking 35 Leslee Fritz spokeswoman 35 Proration 35 Struggling lender Countrywide 35 Deflationary pressure 35 rolling brownouts 35 financially strapped 35 Benign neglect 35 Annexations 35 housing slump 35 Wehbey 35 understaffing 35 Bitter cold 35 bureacracy 35 leaving vacancies unfilled 35 Shortfalls 35 Fingerpointing 35 shortened workweeks 35 tight fisted 35 shrinking paychecks 35 Mushrooming 35 overcome lifelong stammer 35 begun issuing IOUs 35 Ikhrata 35 underfinanced pension 35 dowturn 35 Micromanagement 35 fiscally strapped 35 grossly understaffed 35 Subprime woes 35 Inadequate staffing 35 reorganization 35 Reorganizing 35 payraise 35 thinly stretched 35 Jody Siegle executive 35 Overcapacity 35 restock inventories 35 Unintended consequences 35 Low voter turnout 35 Overtime 35 Nonetheless Jefri 35 Cuts 35 frugal 35 Heightened 35 nominates Jacob Lew 35 By Giles Mole 35 companywide restructuring 35 Frugality 35 Cost overruns 35 Haner reluctance 35 Underfunded 35 Director Charlie Perusse 35 Rightsizing 35 labor strife 35 trim 35 pothole blitz 35 deepening recession 35 relapse dimming 35 Recessionary 35 nonmilitary discretionary 35 Drastic cutbacks 35 Volcanic cloud 35 restaff 35 Inaccurate scales 35 budgeteers 35 registers humming 35 econ omy 35 Medi Cal reimbursements 35 Trash pickup 35 FMCG cos 35 SACRAMENTO KABC 35 Bubble Epoque 35 Underfunding 35 Carusetta 35 delayering 35 Suzanne Boas president 35 Sluggish 35 unthaw frozen credit 35 Aggressive discounting 35 staffing shortages 35 Absences 35 overregulate 35 Editor note nowrunning.com 35 industrywide slump 34 issuing IOUs 34 Nelson Aspe 34 Unionization 34 Illegal parkers 34 Curtailing 34 begin restocking depleted 34 Destocking 34 fiscally 34 By Charlie Caroe 34 unswervingly enforced 34 bureaucracy 34 refresh cycles 34 banksâ 34 stall short circuiting 34 Tirinzonie 34 Subsidizing PIA 34 Robert Genuario Rell 34 Intense thunderstorms 34 CBO crunches 34 Assigning blame 34 departmental reorganizations 34 headcount reduction 34 Server virtualisation 34 underbudgeted 34 Budget Shortfall 34 Donor 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Wright 34 wage freezes 34 RPT TOPWRAP 34 Recessions 34 issuing IOU 34 Curbside recycling 34 soaring loonie 34 midyear 34 grandfathering clauses 34 Ann Visalli 34 curtail 34 squeeze 34 Sgrecci 34 noneducation 34 Lockdowns 34 Nonessential 34 downsizes 34 underspends 34 Merger mania 34 Legalized gambling 34 Isotope shortage 34 Thriftiness 34 Longer commutes 34 Presenteeism 34 analyst Mika Kitagawa 34 Legalizing pot 34 tightfistedness 34 salami slice 34 rein 34 eliminating duplicative 34 costcutting measures 34 recession crimps 34 By Emily Benammar 34 nonteaching 34 FBN Gerri Willis 34 economy 34 costly taxpayer bailouts 34 Loadshedding 34 Firedog installation business 34 chronic absenteeism 34 Tight fisted 34 Backwater flooding 34 recession deepens 34 Understaffed 34 imposing unfunded mandates 34 merchandise markdowns 34 loosen purse strings 34 eliminate duplication 34 SmartRoute Systems manages 34 Slowdowns 34 positions unfilled 34 Shrinking glaciers 34 Tightening 34 citywide reassessment 34 Layoff notices 34 chronic underfunding 34 retrenches 34 categoricals 34 yawning deficits 34 STIMULUS WATCH Teens 34 Demographic shifts 34 Concertgoers sick 34 pocketbooks Gurfinkel 34 Inflationary pressure 34 Bajpe airport tabletop 34 bookkeeping gimmicks 34 Slower 34 dot com implosion 34 retirements attrition 34 nontax revenue 34 Activision countersues Modern Warfare 34 jettison underperforming 34 Patent expirations 34 Upstate Revitalization Fund 34 demotivation 34 Gawrylow 34 beancounters 34 reorganize 34 rehiring laid 34 Banning earmarks 34 merrymakers gathered 34 Pump priming 34 swingeing cuts 34 Triple whammy 34 Glitch snarls air 34 Robotic hamsters 34 unjustly penalize 34 Laura Anglin 34 Veto override 34 abate anytime 34 chronically underfunding 34 Gypsy moth spraying 34 restructure 34 Cabin fever 34 paypackets 34 Garth Whyte 34 Vleming 34 Teacher Layoffs 34 underenrolled schools 34 burdening taxpayers 34 downturned economy 34 Centralization 34 shortfall 34 Eskom load shedding 34 reallocations 33 Economically speaking 33 drastic 33 declining enrollments 33 Bankruptcies 33 Tightened 33 pinches pennies 33 curb suburban sprawl 33 Empty storefronts 33 unwieldy bureaucracy 33 swingeing cutbacks 33 leaner 33 reprioritisation 33 Overburdened 33 Mykytiak 33 Limited Brands 3Q 33 Coupon clipping 33 Devolving 33 fun exuberantly goofy 33 Dwindling 33 Eva DeLuna Castro 33 frontloading 33 furlough 33 postrecession 33 Retirements 33 takehome pay 33 Bureaucratic 33 buying outsourcer Affiliated 33 Gen. Frederick Rudesheim 33 healthinsurance 33 CTA doomsday 33 Sluggishness 33 Unfunded pension liabilities 33 Staycations 33 curb urban sprawl 33 scrimping 33 Aaron Gornstein executive 33 Shorman prediction 33 Roadwork 33 inefficient bureaucracy 33 Shopping malls 33 deepest postwar 33 WorkCover premiums 33 Snarled traffic 33 Regionalizing 33 shrinking 33 overscheduling 33 Rainbow Pilgrimage 33 Baby Boomer retirements 33 misallocate resources 33 Heaghney 33 Rupee appreciation 33 NeMiss 33 Urban sprawl 33 shedding unprofitable 33 heavier workload 33 Cost Cutting 33 clogged roadways 33 traffic snarls 33 sagging 33 slashing 33 reductions 33 filling vacancies 33 Underwater mortgages 33 Repaying 33 Finances 33 tolerable trifle 33 spendings 33 wage freeze 33 overstocked inventories 33 Budgetary 33 Jeager Junior 33 wishful budgeting 33 overvalued lira 33 £ #.#m overspend 33 Zhang Huiguang 33 Corp. TSX CTC.A 33 TRM ATM customer 33 OMB Kevelighan 33 Whoopsies 33 implementating 33 Shutdowns 33 reprioritize 33 snowbird migration 33 expansionary macroeconomic 33 nondefense discretionary 33 untangle bureaucratic 33 debtload 33 Marla Blackledge Novato 33 unmanageable workloads 33 inefficient bureaucracies 33 dub Skolkovo 33 Unsold inventory 33 Closures peaked 33 hourly wage earners 33 Mike Nurrenbrock 33 METALS Copper dips 33 idled factories 33 verbal missteps 33 Garbage collection 33 salami slicing 33 shriveling wages 33 economy sours 33 Skyrocketing 33 SUNY CUNY 33 Economizing 33 visit www.pa.gov 33 Overcrowding 33 Ruehl stores 33 Pinched 33 Mark Alesse 33 localize merchandise 33 Recession weary 33 Unionizing 33 Partisan politics 33 removing Otisfield mailbox 33 Drifting snow 33 Deleveraging 33 Wealthier shoppers 33 Seiji Adachi senior 33 Deteriorating 33 shuttering unprofitable 33 privatizing custodial 33 Backboards everywhere kids 33 European Unionā 33 H#N# flu pandemic 33 Ryan Boschetti DT 33 Leaky roof 33 plane overshoots 33 Flooding 33 Wintery weather 33 reshuffling 33 recesion 33 Woyzbun 33 Costlier 33 recessionary 33 Renewed jitters 33 overstuffed mailboxes 33 nondefense nonentitlement spending 33 FRS# accounting standard 33 uncontrolled sprawl 33 Subzero wind chills 33 FAILING SCHOOLS 33 outsourcings 33 Sharon Ozment 33 departmental budgets 33 Dice K mania 33 bureaucratic inflexibility 33 reschedulings 33 bushier plants 33 cellulite receding hairlines 33 sales divestitures recapitalizations 33 Whoever inherits 33 Smallpox vaccinations 33 pink slips 33 Luxury purveyors 33 Teleworking 33 boomer retirements 33 Tax 33 stringently enforcing 33 smog blanketing 33 splurging 33 lithologic boundaries 33 Jill Barshay reports 33 noncoastal 33 micromanagement 33 One shuttered GreenPoint 33 Raoul Lavin 33 Sickness bug 33 profit margins 33 supersizing 33 AutoNation 4Q 33 Meatpackers 33 Localized flooding 33 reorganizing 33 John Kostrzewa 33 townships boroughs 33 waistlines 32 draconian austerity 32 Shareholder activism 32 rollbacks 32 Antibiotic overuse 32 hipster chic 32 Muddle Through Economy 32 Merging 32 Affordable housing 32 streamlining 32 overspending overtaxing 32 unclog credit 32 Mareane 32 Fiscal 32 levels Base XSport 32 rotating blackouts 32 Klobuchar D Minn 32 nonsecurity discretionary spending 32 Clogged 32 PBGF 32 earmarking pet 32 recessionary trends 32 Protectionist sentiment 32 PoliceOne joins 32 Intensifying competition 32 Saab Saturn Hummer 32 declining enrollment 32 Freezing temps 32 chopping block 32 Koichi Kurose chief 32 Layoff 32 pocketbooks 32 MCAS remediation 32 overtaxation 32 Wintry mix 32 Snowstorm closes 32 ITT ESI serves 32 Rampant deforestation 32 ripple effect 32 exodus 32 workweek 32 rescind layoff notices 32 beagle adoptions 32 baby boomer bulge 32 shutdown 32 shortfalls 32 BART ridership 32 plant idlings 32 pursestrings 32 Plummeting temperatures 32 horsepower sapping restrictor plate 32 torching olive groves 32 Struggling homebuilders 32 Anders Lindall 32 turnbacks 32 bloated inefficient 32 cut 32 Pawlenty unallotment 32 David Neter 32 understaffed 32 bloated 32 Continuing Resolutions 32 clerk Suzanne Bellau 32 bean counters 32 Affleck Kevin Costner 32 spokeswoman Leslee Fritz 32 CAROLINE BAUM 32 Partisan bickering 32 tight fistedness 32 bureaucratic inefficiency 32 debit card overdraft fees 32 Refinery shutdowns 32 Recessionary pressures 32 forclosures 32 retrain displaced 32 penny pinching diners 32 credit crunch bites 32 droughtlike conditions 32 Cutting 32 Infosys pioneered 32 Closures 32 RIF'd 32 Salaries 32 Standardized testing 32 Chief Steven Zipperman 32 revamp 32 brown bagging 32 economise 32 Darren Gersh reports 32 Hardest hit 32 Macyâ 32 Quantitative easing QE 32 Now Slonsky 32 Muddling 32 euro regionā 32 thrifty habits 32 tightening 32 Volcano ash 32 OFW inflows 32 partisan squabbling 32 Sleepless nights 32 leaner workforces 32 Escalating 32 Jonathan Blaes meteorologist 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NeCastro 32 earthen levees protecting 32 Earmark reform 32 overworked 32 Aid LGA 32 Natomas Unified 32 unbudgeted expenses 32 bracing tonic 32 nonteaching positions 32 budgeted conservatively 32 retailers registers ringing 32 child Coorough 32 Tax evasion 32 statehouse bureaus 32 factory shutdowns 32 kinked pipe likely 32 Walkouts 32 economising 32 overspent 32 NPR Rehm 32 overtaxing 32 Food pantries 32 reprioritise 32 Timothy Firestine 32 Malmstroem insisted 32 unelected quangos 32 Medicaid reimbursements 32 Steve Boilard 32 MaineCare reimbursements 32 subprime mortgage crisis 32 downscaling 32 headcount reductions 32 microloan repayment 32 Commenters underlined 32 Rehiring 32 rejuvenate Applebee 32 councilman Arnie Fielkow 32 faulty bookkeeping 32 seasonal slowdowns 32 midyear checkup 32 nonteachers 32 corporations Brodkin 32 intraparty battle 32 CanagaRetna 32 Sector Snap Analyst 32 underspending 32 Christal Watts 32 Protectionist measures 32 Bridal boomBad economic 32 Daytime curfews 32 fiscally austere 31 Gary McQuain 31 Double whammy 31 spendthrift ways 31 misallocate 31 Textbook rentals 31 decadelong stagnation 31 bugdet 31 hefty troop pullouts 31 shutdowns 31 MOOE 31 Budget Woes 31 straining pocketbooks 31 overcooling 31 Superintendent Merrianne Dyer 31 unmanageable caseloads 31 Edujobs 31 Tuition Assistance Program 31 Showers thunderstorms 31 Snowballing 31 H#N# influenza pandemic 31 Leaner 31 clampdown 31 Geberer 31 computer programers 31 Watermain break 31 declining circulations 31 spokeswoman Lynelle Jolley 31 Struggling 31 Snowstorms 31 overbloated 31 Sejen 31 Metered billing 31 PINK SLIPS 31 force majeure clauses 31 unattended barbecue grill 31 Toumpas 31 Cheaper airfares 31 closures 31 overexpanding 31 regressivity 31 closings 31 Salmonella outbreak 31 State 31 incomes stagnate 31 efficiences 31 Chrysler Sebring midsize sedan 31 fresh recruitments 31 Reorganising 31 expert Stanley Collender 31 #.#B 2Q 31 Slumping 31 rotating brownouts 31 TD Ameritrade 2Q 31 traffic gridlocks 31 overworked understaffed 31 spendthrift habits 31 UAAL 31 Unhealthy lifestyles 31 Bloated inventories 31 batten down 31 Think achy joints 31 overextending itself 31 shed noncore 31 Bill Kowba 31 gloomy outlooks 31 linemate Devin Setoguchi 31 crimp 31 Stanley Collender longtime 31 Minimum wage earners 31 Per diem 31 Crackdowns 31 Peanut butter recall 31 pothole repairs 31 restructures 31 Consolidating 31 clogged highways 31 reorganizations 31 Education 31 Deregulating 31 Colleen Mesler 31 bumper crop sprouting 31 undesignated reserves 31 Dr. Bedden 31 ministries parastatals 31 Peggy Ingison 31 Asbestos removal 31 Intense lobbying 31 decentralizes buying 31 Voter discontent 31 WHO GETS WHAT 31 Heavier fliers 31 Nonlife insurers 31 leaky levee 31 bureaucratic inefficiencies 31 Ust Kamchatsk quickly 31 outsell PCs 31 selling noncore assets 31 Summary Box CVS Caremark 31 drillers Stricklin 31 shrinking newsrooms 31 Commutes 31 Cooler moist 31 Eichem 31 Dearer 31 Upbeat outlooks 31 wealthiest Californians