Because, Mr Fallows argues, of the hub-and-spoke system, developed by the airlines since deregulation to cut their costs and fill their seats.

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You know, cut the bottom off, put a plant in the bottom and fill it full of dirt with the one exception, you can only grow some of the smaller plants.

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At One Medical, patients can fill out forms online to cut down waiting room times and extend the length of patient visits to their physicians.

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About 25 percent say they've recently chosen not to fill a prescription and about 20 percent say they've cut pills in half or skipped doses to save money.

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Fill out the aid forms, and you may discover that the school can cut you some slack these days when it comes to awarding its own, as opposed to federal, dollars.

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