The main question, however, remains how to balance incentives for efficiency with incentives to skimp.
Except for the occasional splashy movie premiere, this city, unlike New York, tends to skimp on affairs.
"We have so little of our old life left, we don't want to skimp on this, " Andrew said.
Even with NBC fully backing Heroes, they still had to skimp on special effects, which is a bummer for a superhero show.
The only way Louisiana's local sheriffs and private-prison operators can make a profit on the per-diem payment is to skimp on costs.
What should a cleaning woman do if she is asked to skimp on disinfecting rooms because sick patients are waiting in the halls?
Apple contended Samsung developed a close facsimile to the iPhone in only three months, and was able to skimp on investment and avoid risk.
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Until the early 1960s government jobs were low paying, but promised job security that would not necessitate a worker having to skimp and save for that eventuality.
Just as private airlines remain at least as zealous about safety as state-owned ones, there is no reason to expect private railways to skimp more than the always-cash-strapped public ones.
Where skepticism might have once ruled the day, a drive to scoop competitors can suddenly lead reporters and editors to skimp on fact-checking and rely on the enticing lead of a government source.
Two big mistakes were to choose a name that meant little to Russian drinkers, and to skimp on the advertising needed to establish the new label in the crucial markets of Moscow and St Petersburg.
In short, you've got few excuses to skimp out when it comes to safeguards, and enough choices to seriously consider using two or more -- which might be wise in this dangerous era of meteorite showers and brick-tossing robots.
And now that the early adopters have all bought theirs, there is a whole generation of consumers who mostly care about the fact that their new TV is thin more than anything else and are probably willing to skimp on something like dark levels in order to save a little money.
Also through the Connector, small firms with fewer than 50 employees will be able to choose from a broader array of plans from seven carriers. (Mammoth insurer UnitedHealth Group (nyse: UNH - news - people ) submitted a bid but didn't make the cut.) If employers still choose to skimp on health benefits, all residents will have access to those same small-company plans.
Some experts worry that the imbalance gives corporate executives an excuse to load up on debt or skimp on dividends in the name of sound capital allocation.
Physician compensation is tied to "efficiencies, " which means reducing the outlays and costs to the group (translation: skimp where possible) and thus generating for internal distribution a larger share of the prepaid premiums.
If, perhaps, you choose to work 90-hour weeks and skimp on leisure time, it follows that work is what makes you happy or at least happier than taking extra time for leisure: otherwise you would not be doing it.
Another possibility is that because many sites begin as cash-strapped start-ups, for which implementing extra password security would take up valuable programming time, they skimp on it at the beginning and then never bother to change.
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