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This means that the operation was pared down but continued until Calasanz’s body was recovered.

Amazon pared down the process in early 2023, shortly before the FTC filed its lawsuit but after the agency sent it civil investigative demands — a form of subpoena — related to the signup and cancellation processes.

According to an estimate by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a think tank of deficit hawks, the tax reduction will pare that income by about $30 billion a year.

When the prime minister addresses the cabinet, not far away in 10 Downing Street, he is primus inter pares, first among equals, sitting among his or her ministers.

Since coming to power last year, Labour has stopped short of doing the same in England, but has significantly pared back the policy as part of broader plans to boost affordable housing.