Experts say more big-city papers are expected to follow the example of Gannett's Detroit Free Press, which started cutting back on print edition delivery in December.

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"Far from weakening our resolve to deliver our economic recovery plan, this decision redoubles it, " he said, promising to press on with debt-cutting.

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But Android vendors are going to press hard the argument that they represent the cutting edge of both mobile data download speed and processor performance.

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Mr Obama, for his part, was right to press for more funds to counter what would otherwise have been a contractionary cutting-off of unemployment benefits and tax breaks for the poorest.

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On NBC's "Meet the Press, " Mr. Romney pledged to cut taxes across the board and recoup some of the lost revenue by cutting breaks for wealthier Americans.

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Steinheimer believes that the decline of the studios' power, combined with Taylor's colourful personal life, created a new, more cutting, and less sycophantic style of mainstream media coverage of celebrities - moving towards today's tabloid press.

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