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Objectors to the plan, which Clinton first articulated in May, also say that the government shouldn't bleed the unemployment trust, which people may need in years leaner than these.
But why those effects are being felt now, how long they will last, how much of productivity growth is being driven by businesses running leaner than they once did: These questions don't have firm answers.
Seasons of plenty alternate with leaner periods when the people prepare to “mend and make do. ”
How uninspired is the surgical selfishness of leaner noses and plumper bosoms.
Gore said he'll assemble a "leaner, tougher" organization to respond to Bradley, who has recently raised more money than Gore.