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  • 51Outboard Marine Corporation — (OMC) was a maker of Evinrude and Johnson boat motors and many different brands of boats. Evinrude initially began in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1907. OMC was based in Waukegan, Illinois.[1] They also owned several lines of boats such as Chris Craft …

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  • 52Manfred Gustav Schmidt — (* 25. Juli 1948 in Donauwörth) ist ein deutscher Politikwissenschaftler und Professor an der Universität Heidelberg. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Forschung und Werk 3 Würdigungen …

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  • 53retrench — re|trench [rıˈtrentʃ] v [i]formal [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Early French retrencher, from Old French trenchier to cut ] if a government or organization retrenches, it spends less money = ↑economize >retrenchment n [U and C] ▪ a government… …

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  • 54welfare — welfare, sociology of welfare Welfare is the state or condition of doing or being well. The term is primarily invoked when some action is considered necessary in order to enhance individual or group welfare that is when welfare is in some way in… …

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  • 55sociology of welfare — welfare, sociology of welfare Welfare is the state or condition of doing or being well. The term is primarily invoked when some action is considered necessary in order to enhance individual or group welfare that is when welfare is in some way in… …

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  • 56retrench — verb (I) if a government or organization retrenches, it spends less money retrenchment noun (C, U): a government policy of retrenchment …

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  • 57curtailment — noun 1. the temporal property of being cut short • Derivationally related forms: ↑curtail • Hypernyms: ↑shortness 2. the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation a suppression of the newspaper • Syn:… …

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  • 58downsizing — noun the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable • Syn: ↑retrenchment, ↑curtailment • Derivationally related forms: ↑retrench (for: ↑retrenchment) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 59pull|back — «PUL BAK», noun. 1. a withdrawal: »Washington hopes that the Kremlin may conceive it to be in its own interest to make further pullbacks (Atlantic). 2. = retrenchment. (Cf. ↑retrenchment) …

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  • 60downsizing — n. (Economics) the reduction of expeditures and personnel in order to become financial stable; of businesses. Syn: retrenchment, curtailment. [WordNet 1.5] …

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