Social Security will be whittled away in the form of reduced cost of living adjustments.
Managed-money accounts whittled away at their net-long position in gold, trimming it to 149, 853 contracts.
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Mr Raguz replies that, since 1995, Bosnian-Croat influence has been steadily whittled away by the Bosniaks.
Over the years, governments have whittled away these special rights, extending them to other relationships.
Finally, deregulation has whittled away at the guarantee that many customers had of a secure gas supply.
In palladium, managed-money accounts whittled away at gross longs and increased shorts, deflating the net-long to 5, 800 contracts.
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Managed-money accounts whittled away gross longs and added to gross shorts, pushing down the net-long to 18, 335 contracts.
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In copper, managed-money accounts whittled away at their net-short position by cutting more gross shorts and adding gross longs.
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In palladium, managed-money accounts whittled away at gross longs and slightly increased shorts, deflating the net-long to 6, 284 contracts.
FORBES: FOCUS: Short Covering, New Buying By Speculators Seen In Gold -CFTC
Without freedom to invest and to pursue new commercial alliances, the Post Office risks its position being whittled away.
Darwin's theory of evolution is being whittled away and creationism is seeping in.
However, claims that the title needs to be permanently connected so data can be shared have been whittled away by players.
At the same time, the Iraqi insurgency's apparent lack of a coherent programme other than violence has whittled away much outside support.
Road funding has also been whittled away by other federal transportation projects like truck safety, transit grants and even high speed rail.
So religious schools' ability to choose their pupils has been whittled away.
Palladium speculators in the legacy report whittled away gross longs and added gross shorts, which reduced their net long position to 6, 169 contracts.
FORBES: FOCUS: Falling Prices Push Speculators To Cut Bullish Metals Positions -CFTC
In palladium, managed-money accounts whittled away both gross longs and shorts, but cut more shorts than longs, lifting the net-long to 10, 874 contracts.
Using his position as both speaker of parliament and secretary-general of the ruling party, he slowly whittled away at Mr Bashir's executive powers.
But despite some advances, for instance in allowing a more critical, privately owned press to flourish, his regime has systematically whittled away civic freedoms.
As public pension benefits continue to be whittled away across the country, 457s become a more important part of the retirement package offered to government employees.
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Palladium speculators in the legacy report whittled away both gross longs and shorts, but sliced more shorts, which raised their net- long position to 7, 124 contracts.
FORBES: FOCUS: Short Covering, New Buying By Speculators Seen In Gold -CFTC
In the legacy report, large speculators remain net-long in silver, but just as in the disaggregated report, non-commercials have whittled away at that position since Feb. 12.
FORBES: FOCUS: Speculators Continue To Sell Gold, Silver Futures, Options -- CFTC
We'd whittled away at Zia Audin's power and his honor to the point where his men sat dispersed at their various barracks despised, unpaid, bored, and hungry.
Hours whittled away in generic fast food outlets or tacky themed bars, which in many cases represent the extent of terminal building entertainment, ensure onward journeys can't come quickly enough.
Thanks to a largely inept campaign, Ms Merkel saw a lead that had at one time touched 20 percentage points whittled away to less than a point by polling day.
It would be a disaster were President Bush to permit his courageous, clarion and much-needed characterization of the state of the emerging threats to our Union now to be whittled away to the point where it is seen as little more than a bit of regrettable rhetorical hyperbole.
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But the MDC's slim majority in the lower house, which it won in a general election two years ago despite rigging and intimidation, is steadily being whittled away by deaths, arrests and criminal convictions which mean that a growing number of the party's MPs cannot vote in parliament.
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