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Record 1 1995-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • Translation (General)
CONT

Most business participants, on the other hand, favoured attack on the spending side, ranging from a careful, gradual approach to "draconian" across-the-board cuts ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

La plupart des représentants du milieu des affaires, par contre, préconisé une réduction des dépenses, allant d'une politique prudente et graduelle de compressions à des coupures «draconiennes [...]»

Spanish

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