In February Pfizer, the world's biggest drug company, announced deep cuts in its research budget. Among the programmes affected is the company's antibiotics effort.

二月，世界最大的制药公司辉瑞制药有限公司宣布大幅缩减研究预算，其中受到影响的项目就包括抗生素相关项目。

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Aid accounts for less than 1 percent of the federal budget - and even deep cuts would not make a major dent in the deficit.

援助在联邦预算的比率不到1%，即使大力缩减也不会对消减赤字有太大影响。

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But other economists say the mathematics is not that simple. Desmond Lachman is with the American Enterprise Institute. He notes that deep budget cuts in Greece have produced a deep recession.

但也有经济学家称算法并非这么简单，戴斯·蒙德？莱奇曼就职于美国企业研究所，他指出希腊的预算大削减导致深度衰退。

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Be it a better mouse trap or a newly crafted strategic policy built in an era of deep and painful cuts in military spending, the budget necessities facing all Americans demand a level of frugality not seen during the lifetimes of many of those now in uniform.

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That would bring about deep cuts in expenditure and sharp tax rises to slash the budget deficit, a correction that analysts say could cause a new recession.

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Most radically of all, his budget blueprint involves deep cuts in (non-military) spending to reduce the deficit.

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