Made near the end of his life, the work is pared down.

They really are trying to pare down for the 90's.

She will probably have to pare her time by a second and a half.

For the most part, programs were pared rather than killed.

He pared me down in this way for a long time.

At three hours, it seems to have been pared down from something much longer.

"Maybe this is all about paring down, and doing with less."

By 2000, the show had started being significantly pared down.

That has forced him to pare the program to 35 to 40 children.

By opening day, that number has to be pared to 25.

For example, it has pared its work force by 20 percent, or 7,000 jobs, in three years.

Expect us to add benefits rather than pare them down over time.

Hispanic officials hope to meet today to pare the field.

He pares it down to the quick all the time.

But not every national chain has been trying to pare its work force.

The county has been working for the last few years to pare down its deficit.

He pared down from over 600 to fewer than 500 but not without problems.

"People who hung in last year are paring back and taking some risk off the table."

It has pared about 40 yards a game against the run in the season's second half.

My work is no longer so pared down, and I pretty much use whatever materials are at hand.

Thus does the age of science pare down our liberties.

The pieces are pared down; the feeling needs to be the same.

It has the manner of something pared down in all the wrong ways.

The only question is how much further they must pare production in the next decade.

Eventually, he plans to pare the central staff from 5,200 to 4,600.